Publications
Books / Monographs:
The Willingness to Pay for Municipal Water Quality Improvements in Sackville, New Brunswick, A Study Prepared for the Inland Waters Directorate, Atlantic Region, Environment Canada, Two Volumes, Vol 1(81 pgs.), Vol. 2. (32pgs.), 1991.
Integration, Federalism and Cohesion in the European Community: Lessons from Canada? (Dublin: Economic And Social Research Institute,1993). (93 pgs.).
The Canadian Welfare State: Past, Present, and Future (Toronto: Irwin Publishers, 1997) (editor with R. Blake and P. Bryden),
Principles of Microeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, 1998) (with K. Case, R. Fair, and M. Veall), 631 pgs.
Principles of Macroeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, 1998) (with K. Case, R. Fair, and M. Veall), 554 pgs.
Instructors Resource Manual for Principles of Microeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, 1998) (with P.J. Euzent), 255 pgs.
Principles of Microeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, Second Edition, 2001) (with K. Case, R. Fair, and M. Veall), 569 pgs.
Principles of Macroeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, Second Edition, 2001) (with K. Case, R. Fair, and M. Veall), 505 pgs.
Instructors Resource Manual for Principles of Microeconomics (Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2001) (with Mary Lesser), 231 pgs.
Academic Papers:
“Bankruptcies in Canada: An Analysis�, The Western Economic Review, 1(2),1983, pp. 43-64. (with G. Mason).
“Redistribution and Equalization Payments in a Federal State: A Social Welfare Approach� The Western Economic Review, 3(1), 1985, pp. 49-65. (with D. Hum).
“Canadian Federalism and the Welfare State: Shifting Responsibility and Sharing Costs� in J.S. Ismaal (ed.) The Canadian Welfare State: Evolution and Transition (Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1987) (with D. Hum).
“The Canadian Public Sector: An Introduction� in G.C. Ruggeri (ed.) The Canadian Economy: Problems and Policies (Gage: Toronto,1986), pp.51-60 (with D.Hum).
“Fiscal Imbalance and Winnipeg: A Century of Response� Urban History Review 15(2), [October/Octobre 1986], pp. 137-50 (with M.Strain and D. Hum).
“Citizenship and Fiscal Federalism: A New Theoretical Framework� Atlantic Canada Economic Association Papers (ACEA: Halifax), pp. 59-70 (with D. Hum).
“Norman McLeod Rogers: A Neglected Nova Scotian Contributor to Regional Economics� The Dalhousie Review, 66(3), Fall 1987.
“Fiscal Transfers, Horizontal Equity, and Post Secondary Education�, The Canadian Journal of Higher Education (Fall 1988) (with D.Hum).
“The Local Public Sector in 2000: Avoiding Fiscal Crisis?� in The New Brunswick Economy in the Year 2000 (Moncton: Institut Canadien de Reserche sur le Developpement Regional, 1989).
“Prince Edward Island: The Public Finances� in M.McMillan (ed.) The Provincial Finances: Plaudits, Problems, and Prospects (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation, 1991).
“The Power of the Sack: The Cost of Job Loss in Canada 1953-1985�, Labour/Le Travail, 25 (Spring 1990), pp. 143-160 (with H. Grant).
“The Social Structure of Accumulation in Canada, 1945-1988�, Journal of Canadian Studies, 26(4), Winter 1991-92, pp. 75-93 (with H. Grant).
“Environmental Monitoring, State of the Environment Reporting, and the Social Sciences: Notes on the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone Action Plan� in R. St Pierre, T.A. Clair, W. Prescott, and C. Staicer, Proceedings of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone Long-Term Monitoring and Research Workshop (Halifax: Regional Environmental Monitoring and Research Coordinating Committee, Occassional Report No. 1), pp. 36-38.
"Charlottetown: A Peripheral Centre at the Cross Roads� in G. DeBenedetti and R. LaMarche (eds.) Shock Waves: The Maritime Urban System in the New Economy (Moncton: The Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1994), pp. 267-296.
“The PEI Royal Commission on Land Use, Land Ownership, and the Landscape: A Critical Review�, Atlantic Canada Economic Association Papers (Wolfville: ACEA, 1994), pp. 115-130..
"The Future of Marginal Regions: The Case of Atlantic Canada� in R. Byron (ed.) Economic Futures on the North Atlantic Margin: Selected Contributions to the Twelfth International Seminar on Marginal Regions (Aldershot (U.K.): Avebury Press, 1995), pp. 19-51.
Contributions to ABOUT CANADA, a publication series produced in a collaborative effort between the Centre for Canadian Studies at ¯r¶¹TVÊÓÆµ and the Department of Canadian Heritage with financial support from Mr.Charles R. Bronfman. About Canada: Poverty in Canada (September 1994) (with B. Fleming) About Canada: The Changing Canadian Economy, An Historical Perspective on The Microchip Revolution (February 1995).
"Liberal Arts Education and the Financial Crisis in the University: The Case of ¯r¶¹TVÊÓÆµâ€� in C.Storm and T.Storm (eds.) Liberal Education and the Small University in Canada (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1996).
"The Financial Crisis and the Liberal Arts University: Some Unpleasant Economic Principles� in C. Storm and T.Storm (ed.) Liberal Education and the Small University in Canada (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1996).
"Responses to Declining Government Funding: The Case of Differential Fees� (Fredericton: Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission, 1996).
Special Report: Back to ABC - Rethinking Cost Allocation Systems, University Manager, Vol. 7, no. 3 (Fall 1998), 18-20 (with Neville Ralph).
“ABC Accounting Systems: An Example of Technological Change and Diffusion� Oceans of Change: The Proceedings of the 29th annual Atlantic Schools of Business Conference (Halifax: ASB, 1999) (with Neville Ralph).
“What Can A Region Do? The Debate on Economic Development Options in Atlantic Canada�, Acadiensis, XXVIII, no.2, (Spring 1999), 167-188 (With Hugh Grant).
“Equalization: Let’s Stick To The Principles�, Caledon Papers on Social Policy, December 2001(with J. Ruggeri).
“Equalization: It’s About Values, Not Money� , in Sharing the Wealth: Choices For The Federation, The CRIC Papers (Montreal: Centre for Research and Information on Canada, September 2002), p 9-12.
“Debts Paid and Debts Owed: The Economic Policy Legacy of the Mulroney Government�, in , Raymond Blake (ed.) The Mulroney Legacy, ( Toronto: McGill-Queens University Press, 2007), pgs. 42-60.
“The Economics of Liming and the West River Experiment: Some Lessons for Policy Makers�in M. Brylinsky and L. Hinks (eds.) Proceedings of the Acid Rain Mitigation Workshop Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Environment Canada, 2007).
OECD/IMHE Project supporting the Contribution of Higher education Institutions to Regional Development. Self Evaluation Report: Atlantic Canada, Canada, (Paris: OECD, 2007) (with Locke, W, E Beale, R Greenwood, C. Farrell, S. Tomblin, P-M, Dejardins, and G. Baldacchino).
“Local Government in New Brunswick�, in Andrew Sancton, ed.: The Provincial-Municipal Systems of Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009).
Atlantic Economists Offer Advice on Up-Coming Federal Budget, APEC Commentary, January 2009, p. 4.
“Climate Change Risk and Regulation� Horizons, 11(1), Spring 2009, (this paper was recommended for publication by external reviewers and their recommendation was accepted by the editor but then rejected because climate change was considered too political a topic to be included in an issue of a journal published by the Government of Canada devoted to risk in project evaluation).
“Searching for Tornados: The Upcoming Dementia Crisis in New Brunswick� Journal on New Brunswick Studies, 6(1), 2015, 55-82.
Invited University Lectures:
"Tuition Fees and Enrolment�, the Bank of Montreal Lecture, Acadia University, March 12, 1996.
“Fifty Percent Socialist: The Case for Higher Taxesâ€�, The George Stanley Lecture , ¯r¶¹TVÊÓÆµ, February 2007.
Education
1978 B.A. (Economics) - University of Prince Edward Island
1979 M.A. (Economics) - University of New Brunswick
1985 PhD. (Economics) - University of Manitoba
Teaching
Courses taught at ¯r¶¹TVÊÓÆµ:
- Economic Growth and Technological Change
- Economic Growth and Technological Change: Japan and East Asia
- Development Economics
- International Finance
- Modes of Classical Economic Thought
- Modes of Economic Thought
- The Canadian Economy
- Industrial Organization and Policy in Canada
- Statistics for Business and Economics
- Regional Economics
- Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
- Natural Resource Economics
- Advanced Economic Theory
- Labour-Management Relations
- Labour Economics
- Canadian Economic History
- Public Finance
- History of Economic Thought
- Canadian Public Policy
- Macroeconomics and Business Forecasting
- Business and Government Applied Public Policy Analysis
- Environmental Economics
- Special Topics: Crisis, Climate, and Income Distribution
- Special Topics: The New Brunswick Economy
- Special Topics: Public Finance and Economic Development
- Special Topics: Radical Ideas in Economics
Research
- Labour
- Public Sector Economics
- Regional Economics
Grants, awards & honours
| 2015 | Honorary Member of the Atlantic Canada Economics Association |
| 2005-10 | Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Chair in Canadian Studies, ¯r¶¹TVÊÓÆµ |
| 1997-98 | Paul Parè Award Winner, ¯r¶¹TVÊÓÆµ |
| 1996-97 | Paul Parè Medal Winner, ¯r¶¹TVÊÓÆµ |
| 1995-96 | Paul Parè Award Winner, ¯r¶¹TVÊÓÆµ |
| 1983-84 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship |
| 1981-83 | University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship |
| 1978-79 | St. Dunstan University Board of Governors Graduate Scholarship, University of New Brunswick Fellowship |
| 1976-78 | St. Andrews Society Scholarship, University of Prince Edward Island Deans Honour Roll |