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Labor Standards In The United States And Canada, Richard N. Block, Ronald O. Clarke, Karen Roberts
Labor Standards In The United States And Canada, Richard N. Block, Ronald O. Clarke, Karen Roberts
Upjohn Press
Block, Roberts, and Clarke offer a method for comparing ten labor standards across political jurisdictions. They then apply this method to the United States and Canada, an exercise that allows them to settle the long-running dispute over whether or not Canada has higher standards than the U.S., and if so, to what degree.
The Pros And Cons Of North American Monetary Integration, Sven W. Arndt
The Pros And Cons Of North American Monetary Integration, Sven W. Arndt
CMC Faculty Publications and Research
This study examines the major arguments for and against enhanced monetary integration in North America, with particular emphasis on the Canadian perspective. In this context, the question is whether the current floating rate regime should be replaced by greater fixity of exchange rates in relation to the U.S. dollar. While the choice among fixed rate systems is wide in principle, for practical purposes the Canadian debate centres on the pros and cons of monetary union. As other countries in the northern hemisphere may be reluctant to embrace monetary union, the following discussion also examines other potential candidate regimes, including currency …
Free-Riding On Federalism: Trade Protection And The Canadian Dairy Industry, Kathy Baylis, W. Hartley Furtan
Free-Riding On Federalism: Trade Protection And The Canadian Dairy Industry, Kathy Baylis, W. Hartley Furtan
Kathy Baylis
This paper examines the link between federalism, rent-seeking and free-riding behaviour. Using data from the Canadian dairy industry, we test four hypotheses of the determinants of rent-seeking expenditure and the role of free-riding. First, we find that provinces do not cooperate with each other when lobbying the federal government for trade protection. Second, some provinces are found to free ride on the rent-seeking expenditure of the larger (more influential) provinces. Third, the cost of rent-seeking increases when the government is forced to make a decision regarding the future of the protectionist policies. Fourth, institutional changes under the 1994 GATT raised …