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Racing to the bottom? : provincial interdependence in the Canadian federation / edited by Kathryn Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Equality, security, community.
- Equality, security, community, 1715-8117
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Provincial governments--Canada.
- Provincial governments.
- Political planning--Canada--Provinces.
- Political planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (9, 305 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The spectre of a "race to the bottom" is increasingly prominent in debates about globalization and also within federal systems where the mobility of both capital and individuals prompts fears of interjurisdictional competition with respect to taxes and environmental and welfare standards. While there has been no shortage of either political rhetoric or academic theorizing on this subject, empirical studies have been in shorter supply. This volume seeks to fill that gap by asking: Are Canadian provinces engaged in a race to the bottom and, if so, what are the consequences?"--Jacket
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Provincial Interdependence: Concepts and Theories
- A Race to the Bottom in Provincial Business Taxation in Canada?
- Still in the Game: Efforts to Govern Economic Development Competition in Canada
- Follow the Leader and Dominoes: Games that Provinces Play in Tobacco Taxation
- Environmental Policy in Canada: Harmonized at the Bottom?
- Slouching toward the Bottom? Provincial Social Assistance Provision in Canada, 1980-2000
- Races to the Bottom versus Races to the Middle: Minimum Wage Setting in Canada
- Policy Races in the American States
- Are Canadian Provinces Engaged in a Race to the Bottom? Evidence and Implications
- Works Cited
- Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612740916
- 0-7748-1346-6
- 0-7748-5410-3
- 1-282-74091-1
- OCLC:
- 180704407
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