Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada - Political and Economic Dimensions

Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada aims to increase public understanding of equalization and fiscal federalism by providing a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective on the history, politics, and economics of equalization policy in Canada. The authors provide a brief history, an analysis of the politics of equalization as witnessed over the last fifteen years, and a discussion of key economic debates concerning the role of the program and its effects. They also explore the relationship between equalization and other components of fiscal federalism, particularly the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer. The result is an analysis that draws from the best scholarship available in the fields of economics, economic history, political science, political sociology, and public policy.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
The Authors
Introduction
1. Equalization in Comparative and Historical Perspective
2. The Politics of Equalization
3. The Economics of Equalization
4. Equalization and the Federal Transfer System
Conclusion
Data Appendix
Index

About the author

Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University.

Summary

Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada aims to increase public understanding of equalization and fiscal federalism by providing a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective on the history, politics, and economics of equalization policy in Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel B land, Daniel Lecours B Land, Daniel B?land, Daniel Beland, Daniel Lecours Beland, Daniel Béland, Andr Lecours, Andr? Lecours, Andrae Lecours, Andre Lecours, André Lecours, Gregory Marchildon, Gregory P. Marchildon, Haizhen Mou, M. Rose Olfert, Rose Olfert
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2017
• EAN: 9781442635418
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-3541-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy; Johnson-Shoyama Series on Publ; The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy; The Johnson-Shoyama Public Pol
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics