This first volume in the Bell Canada Papers on Economic and Public Policy includes essays on productivity and growth, the cost of capital and competitive advantage, globalization and competition policy, worker co-operation and technical change, three visions of competitiveness, agents of change and economic growth, and environmental quality and policy in a global economy.
With the tabling of the recent financial policy white paper and the even more recent striking of the Task Force on Canadian Financial Services, Reforming the Canadian Financial Sector is a timely and important evaluation of the Canadian financial sector. The volume is forward-looking and embraces emerging financial trends in both Canadian and international arenas.
The Nation State in a Global/Information Era, the fifth volume of the Bell Canada Papers on Economic and Public Policy, examines the nature and role of the nation state in an era of globalization and information. The essays represent a diverse set of views on the relationship between states and markets domestically and internationally, the relevance of the nation state vis-a-vis both international regimes and sub-national regions, and the natu...
Thomas J. Courchene is Jarislowsky-Deutsch Professor and director, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, at Queen's University and senior scholar, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal. John Allan is associate director, Institute of Inter
