
Publications
Books / Monographs:
The Willingness to Pay for Municipal Water Quality Improvements in Sackville, New Brunswick, A Study Prepared for the Inland Waters Directorate, Atlantic Region, Environment Canada, Two Volumes, Vol 1(81 pgs.), Vol. 2. (32pgs.), 1991.
Integration, Federalism and Cohesion in the European Community: Lessons from Canada? (Dublin: Economic And Social Research Institute,1993). (93 pgs.).
The Canadian Welfare State: Past, Present, and Future (Toronto: Irwin Publishers, 1997) (editor with R. Blake and P. Bryden),
Principles of Microeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, 1998) (with K. Case, R. Fair, and M. Veall), 631 pgs.
Principles of Macroeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, 1998) (with K. Case, R. Fair, and M. Veall), 554 pgs.
Instructors Resource Manual for Principles of Microeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, 1998) (with P.J. Euzent), 255 pgs.
Principles of Microeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, Second Edition, 2001) (with K. Case, R. Fair, and M. Veall), 569 pgs.
Principles of Macroeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, Second Edition, 2001) (with K. Case, R. Fair, and M. Veall), 505 pgs.
Instructors Resource Manual for Principles of Microeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2001) (with Mary Lesser), 231 pgs.
Academic Papers:
āBankruptcies in Canada: An Analysisā, The Western Economic Review, 1(2),1983, pp. 43-64. (with G. Mason).
āRedistribution and Equalization Payments in a Federal State: A Social Welfare Approachā The Western Economic Review, 3(1), 1985, pp. 49-65. (with D. Hum).
āCanadian Federalism and the Welfare State: Shifting Responsibility and Sharing Costsā in J.S. Ismaal (ed.) The Canadian Welfare State: Evolution and Transition (Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1987) (with D. Hum).
āThe Canadian Public Sector: An Introductionā in G.C. Ruggeri (ed.) The Canadian Economy: Problems and Policies (Gage: Toronto,1986), pp.51-60 (with D.Hum).
āFiscal Imbalance and Winnipeg: A Century of Responseā Urban History Review 15(2), [October/Octobre 1986], pp. 137-50 (with M.Strain and D. Hum).
āCitizenship and Fiscal Federalism: A New Theoretical Frameworkā Atlantic Canada Economic Association Papers (ACEA: Halifax), pp. 59-70 (with D. Hum).
āNorman McLeod Rogers: A Neglected Nova Scotian Contributor to Regional Economicsā The Dalhousie Review, 66(3), Fall 1987.
āFiscal Transfers, Horizontal Equity, and Post Secondary Educationā, The Canadian Journal of Higher Education (Fall 1988) (with D.Hum).
āThe Local Public Sector in 2000: Avoiding Fiscal Crisis?ā in The New Brunswick Economy in the Year 2000 (Moncton: Institut Canadien de Reserche sur le Developpement Regional, 1989).
āPrince Edward Island: The Public Financesā in M.McMillan (ed.) The Provincial Finances: Plaudits, Problems, and Prospects (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation, 1991).
āThe Power of the Sack: The Cost of Job Loss in Canada 1953-1985ā, Labour/Le Travail, 25 (Spring 1990), pp. 143-160 (with H. Grant).
āThe Social Structure of Accumulation in Canada, 1945-1988ā, Journal of Canadian Studies, 26(4), Winter 1991-92, pp. 75-93 (with H. Grant).
āEnvironmental Monitoring, State of the Environment Reporting, and the Social Sciences: Notes on the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone Action Planā in R. St Pierre, T.A. Clair, W. Prescott, and C. Staicer, Proceedings of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone Long-Term Monitoring and Research Workshop (Halifax: Regional Environmental Monitoring and Research Coordinating Committee, Occassional Report No. 1), pp. 36-38.
"Charlottetown: A Peripheral Centre at the Cross Roadsā in G. DeBenedetti and R. LaMarche (eds.) Shock Waves: The Maritime Urban System in the New Economy (Moncton: The Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1994), pp. 267-296.
āThe PEI Royal Commission on Land Use, Land Ownership, and the Landscape: A Critical Reviewā, Atlantic Canada Economic Association Papers (Wolfville: ACEA, 1994), pp. 115-130..
"The Future of Marginal Regions: The Case of Atlantic Canadaā in R. Byron (ed.) Economic Futures on the North Atlantic Margin: Selected Contributions to the Twelfth International Seminar on Marginal Regions (Aldershot (U.K.): Avebury Press, 1995), pp. 19-51.
Contributions to ABOUT CANADA, a publication series produced in a collaborative effort between the Centre for Canadian Studies at 51³Ō¹Ļapp and the Department of Canadian Heritage with financial support from Mr.Charles R. Bronfman. 51³Ō¹Ļapp Canada: Poverty in Canada (September 1994) (with B. Fleming) 51³Ō¹Ļapp Canada: The Changing Canadian Economy, An Historical Perspective on The Microchip Revolution (February 1995).
"Liberal Arts Education and the Financial Crisis in the University: The Case of 51³Ō¹Ļappā in C.Storm and T.Storm (eds.) Liberal Education and the Small University in Canada (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1996).
"The Financial Crisis and the Liberal Arts University: Some Unpleasant Economic Principlesā in C. Storm and T.Storm (ed.) Liberal Education and the Small University in Canada (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1996).
"Responses to Declining Government Funding: The Case of Differential Feesā (Fredericton: Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission, 1996).
Special Report: Back to ABC - Rethinking Cost Allocation Systems, University Manager, Vol. 7, no. 3 (Fall 1998), 18-20 (with Neville Ralph).
āABC Accounting Systems: An Example of Technological Change and Diffusionā Oceans of Change: The Proceedings of the 29th annual Atlantic Schools of Business Conference (Halifax: ASB, 1999) (with Neville Ralph).
āWhat Can A Region Do? The Debate on Economic Development Options in Atlantic Canadaā, Acadiensis, XXVIII, no.2, (Spring 1999), 167-188 (With Hugh Grant).
āEqualization: Letās Stick To The Principlesā, Caledon Papers on Social Policy, December 2001(with J. Ruggeri).
āEqualization: Itās 51³Ō¹Ļapp Values, Not Moneyā , in Sharing the Wealth: Choices For The Federation, The CRIC Papers (Montreal: Centre for Research and Information on Canada, September 2002), p 9-12.
āDebts Paid and Debts Owed: The Economic Policy Legacy of the Mulroney Governmentā, in , Raymond Blake (ed.) The Mulroney Legacy, ( Toronto: McGill-Queens University Press, 2007), pgs. 42-60.
āThe Economics of Liming and the West River Experiment: Some Lessons for Policy Makersāin M. Brylinsky and L. Hinks (eds.) Proceedings of the Acid Rain Mitigation Workshop Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Environment Canada, 2007).
OECD/IMHE Project supporting the Contribution of Higher education Institutions to Regional Development. Self Evaluation Report: Atlantic Canada, Canada, (Paris: OECD, 2007) (with Locke, W, E Beale, R Greenwood, C. Farrell, S. Tomblin, P-M, Dejardins, and G. Baldacchino).
āLocal Government in New Brunswickā, in Andrew Sancton, ed.: The Provincial-Municipal Systems of Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009).
Atlantic Economists Offer Advice on Up-Coming Federal Budget, APEC Commentary, January 2009, p. 4.
āClimate Change Risk and Regulationā Horizons, 11(1), Spring 2009, (this paper was recommended for publication by external reviewers and their recommendation was accepted by the editor but then rejected because climate change was considered too political a topic to be included in an issue of a journal published by the Government of Canada devoted to risk in project evaluation).
āSearching for Tornados: The Upcoming Dementia Crisis in New Brunswickā Journal on New Brunswick Studies, 6(1), 2015, 55-82.
Invited University Lectures:
"Tuition Fees and Enrolmentā, the Bank of Montreal Lecture, Acadia University, March 12, 1996.
āFifty Percent Socialist: The Case for Higher Taxesā, The George Stanley Lecture , 51³Ō¹Ļapp, February 2007.
Education
1978 B.A. (Economics) - University of Prince Edward Island
1979 M.A. (Economics) - University of New Brunswick
1985 PhD. (Economics) - University of Manitoba
Teaching
Courses taught at 51³Ō¹Ļapp:
- Economic Growth and Technological Change
- Economic Growth and Technological Change: Japan and East Asia
- Development Economics
- International Finance
- Modes of Classical Economic Thought
- Modes of Economic Thought
- The Canadian Economy
- Industrial Organization and Policy in Canada
- Statistics for Business and Economics
- Regional Economics
- Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
- Natural Resource Economics
- Advanced Economic Theory
- Labour-Management Relations
- Labour Economics
- Canadian Economic History
- Public Finance
- History of Economic Thought
- Canadian Public Policy
- Macroeconomics and Business Forecasting
- Business and Government Applied Public Policy Analysis
- Environmental Economics
- Special Topics: Crisis, Climate, and Income Distribution
- Special Topics: The New Brunswick Economy
- Special Topics: Public Finance and Economic Development
- Special Topics: Radical Ideas in Economics
Research
- Labour
- Public Sector Economics
- Regional Economics
Grants, awards & honours
2015 | Honorary Member of the Atlantic Canada Economics Association |
2005-10 | Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Chair in Canadian Studies, 51³Ō¹Ļapp |
1997-98 | Paul ParĆØ Award Winner, 51³Ō¹Ļapp |
1996-97 | Paul ParĆØ Medal Winner, 51³Ō¹Ļapp |
1995-96 | Paul ParĆØ Award Winner, 51³Ō¹Ļapp |
1983-84 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship |
1981-83 | University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship |
1978-79 | St. Dunstan University Board of Governors Graduate Scholarship, University of New Brunswick Fellowship |
1976-78 | St. Andrews Society Scholarship, University of Prince Edward Island Deans Honour Roll |
