The impact of federal spending on Atlantic Canada
Author: Fred McMahon
AIMS Senior Policy Analyst
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Overview: Atlantic Canada’s 35 Years of Growth
- Chapter 2: The Remittance Region
- Chapter 3: Employment, Unemployment, and Pay Questions
- Chapter 4: A Neo-Classical Viewpoint
- Chapter 5: Keynesian-flavoured Notes on Trade and Economic Structure
- Chapter 6: The International Evidence
- Chapter 7: The Long and Winding Detour to Prosperity
- Chapter 8: Conclusion and Policy Implications
Appendices
- Appendix A: A Matter of Timing
- Appendix B: Some Regressions
- Appendix C: A Tale of Two Regions
- Appendix D: Population and Subsidies
List of Graphs
- Graph 1 Relative GDP and Regional Subsidies (Chapter 1)
- Graph 2 Relative Personal Income (Chapter 1)
- Graph 3 Relative Personal Income and Regional Subsidies (Chapter 1)
- Graph 4 Regional Subsidies and Net Imports (Chapter 1)
- Graph 5 Evolution of Key Labour Patterns, 1961-1982 (Chapter 2)
- Graph 6 Canadian and Atlantic Canadian Unemployment Rates (Chapter 2)
- Graph 7 Evolution of Key Labour Patterns, 1983-1994 (Chapter 2)
- Graph 8 Business Capital Spending: Canada and Atlantic Canada (Chapter 2)
- Graph 9 Evolution of Key Labour Patterns and Investment, 1961-1982 (Chapter 2)
- Graph 10 Government Capital Spending: Canada and Atlantic Canada (Chapter 2)
- Graph 11 Capital Spending Gap: Canada and Atlantic Canada (Chapter 2)
- Graph 12 Relative GDP and Government Assistance to Business (Chapter 4)
- Graph 13 Government Expenditure and GDP (Chapter 6)
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McMahon, Fred. Looking the gift horse in the mouth: the impact of federal transfers on Atlantic Canada.