51³Ō¹Ļapp

Frank Strain

Professor — Retired

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:

ā€œBankruptcies in Canada: An Analysisā€, The Western Economic Review, 1(2),1983, pp. 43-64. (with G. Mason).

ā€œRedistribution and Equalization Payments in a Federal State: A Social Welfare Approachā€ The Western Economic Review, 3(1), 1985, pp. 49-65. (with D. Hum).

ā€œCanadian 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).

ā€œThe 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).

ā€œFiscal Imbalance and Winnipeg: A Century of Responseā€ Urban History Review 15(2), [October/Octobre 1986], pp. 137-50 (with M.Strain and D. Hum).

ā€œCitizenship and Fiscal Federalism: A New Theoretical Frameworkā€ Atlantic Canada Economic Association Papers (ACEA: Halifax), pp. 59-70 (with D. Hum).

ā€œNorman McLeod Rogers: A Neglected Nova Scotian Contributor to Regional Economicsā€ The Dalhousie Review, 66(3), Fall 1987.

ā€œFiscal Transfers, Horizontal Equity, and Post Secondary Educationā€, The Canadian Journal of Higher Education (Fall 1988) (with D.Hum).

ā€œThe 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).

ā€œPrince Edward Island: The Public Financesā€ in M.McMillan (ed.) The Provincial Finances: Plaudits, Problems, and Prospects (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation, 1991).

ā€œThe 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).

ā€œThe Social Structure of Accumulation in Canada, 1945-1988ā€, Journal of Canadian Studies, 26(4), Winter 1991-92, pp. 75-93 (with H. Grant).

ā€œEnvironmental 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.

ā€œThe 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).

ā€œABC 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).

ā€œWhat Can A Region Do? The Debate on Economic Development Options in Atlantic Canadaā€, Acadiensis, XXVIII, no.2,  (Spring 1999), 167-188 (With Hugh Grant).

ā€œEqualization: Let’s Stick To The Principlesā€, Caledon Papers on Social Policy, December 2001(with  J. Ruggeri).

ā€œEqualization: It’s 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.

ā€œDebts 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.

ā€œThe Economics of Liming and the West River Experiment: Some Lessons for Policy Makersā€in 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).

ā€œLocal 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.

ā€œClimate 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).

ā€œSearching 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.

ā€œFifty 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