The Interregional Effects of Canadian Tariffs and Transportation Policy / James R. Melvin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melvin, James R., author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tariff--Canada.

Tariff.

Transportation and state--Canada.

Transportation and state.

Canada--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In a geographically dispersed country such as Canada, in which regions are distinguished resource bases, transport policies are a critical factor in economic development. In this study James Melvin considers the role of tariffs as they affect transportation costs within Canada. Melvin proposes application of the two-country model of neoclassical trade to the interregional economic structure of Canada, taking into account the costs of internal transport. He applies this basic theoretical approach to a number of different problems; taxation, capital flows between regions, short-run factor immobility, and increasing returns to scale. Melvin's findings indicate that tariffs induce resource waste by encouraging excessive internal transportation of goods between regions. He concludes that with an assessment of policy implications for Ontario arising from his study.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Some related literature

3. An endowment model of regional trade: the long run

4. An endowment model of regional trade: the short run

5. Regional trade with increasing returns to scale

6. Policy implications

APPENDIX A. An endowment model of regional trade: the long run

APPENDIX B. An endowment model of regional trade: the short run

APPENDIX C. Regional trade with increasing returns to scale

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8259-5

OCLC:

1121054791