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Title

Northern star : Canada's path to economic prosperity / edited by Tamim Bayoumi, Vladimir Klyuev, and Martin Mühleisen.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Bayoumi, Tamim A.
• Klyuev, Vladimir.
• Mühleisen, Martin.
• International Monetary Fund.

Description

xii, 135 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm.

Series Statement

Occasional paper ; 258

Uniform Title

Occasional paper (International Monetary Fund) ; no. 258.

Subject

• Fiscal policy > Canada
• Monetary policy > Canada
• Canada > Economic conditions > 1991-
• Canada > Economic policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-133).

Contents

Introduction / Vladimir Klyuev -- Factoring in Canadian cycles / Alejandro Justiniano -- Energy, the exchange rate, and the economy / Tamim Bayoumi and Martin Mühleisen -- Canada and the United States. Regional dimensions of the Canadian economy / Vladimir Klyuev and Rodolfo Luzio -- Canada-United States productivity gap / Roberto Cardarelli -- Effects of U.S. shocks / Iryna V. Ivaschenko and Andrew Swiston -- Budget forecasting / Martin Mühleisen ... [et al.] -- Pension system / Martin Mühleisen -- Fiscal prudence and tax reduction opportunities. Jam today or more jam tomorrow? The timing of tax cuts / Tamim Bayoumi and Dennis Botman -- Comparing efficiency gains from reducing the GST and the personal income tax / Dennis Botman -- Disintermediation and monetary transmission / Joreg E. Roldos -- Inflation targeting and macroeconomic volatility / Tamim Bayoumi and Vladimir Klyuev -- Competition in the banking system / Iryna V. Ivaschenko -- Large banking groups and financial system soundness / Gianni De Nicolò, Alexander Tieman, and Robert Corker.

ISBN

• 9781589066144
• 1589066146

OCLC

• 174969191
• ocn174969191
• SCSB-5932777

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries