Natural resource revenues : a test of Federalism

Author(s)

    • Victoria Conference on Natural Resource Revenues (1975 : Victoria, B.C.)

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Natural resource revenues : a test of Federalism

edited by Anthony Scott

(British Columbia Institute for Economic Policy Analysis series, 3)

University of British Columbia Press for the British Columbia Institute for Economic Policy Analysis, c1976

  • : pbk

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Essays originated in a set of papers presented to the Victoria Conference on Natural Resource Revenues, held at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C., 5-7 June 1975

Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780774800600

Description

Debate on the question of who should receive the surplus revenue generated by natural-resource exploitation -- Ottawa or the provinces -- is usually carried on in terms of history, politics custom, law, social values, and environmental considerations. This collection of essays presents analyses of the question from the economist's point of view.
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: pbk ISBN 9780774800617

Description

Debate on the question of who should receive the surplus revenuegenerated by natural-resource exploitation -- Ottawa or the provinces-- is usually carried on in terms of history, politics custom, law,social values, and environmental considerations. This collection ofessays presents analyses of the question from the economist's pointof view.

Table of Contents

The British Columbia Institute of Economic Policy Analysis /Walter D. Young Foreword / Mason Gaffney Introduction / Anthony Scott Acknowledgments Who Should Get Natural Resource Revenues? / AnthonyScott The Constitution: A Basis for Bargaining / W.R.Lederman The Political Context of Resource Development in Canada / DonaldV. Smiley Equalization Payments and Energy Royalties / Thomas J.Courchene Note on Equalization and Resource Rents / Douglas H.Clark Natural Resource Revenue Sharing: A Dissenting View / Andrew R.Thompson Resource Rent: How Much and for Whom? / Harry F. Campbell, W.D.Gainer and Anthony Scott Static Redistributive and Welare Effects of an Export Tax? /T.L. Powrie Taxes, Royalties, and Equity Participation as Alternative Methods ofDividing Resource Revenues: The Syncrude Example / John Helliwelland Gerry May A Comment on Natural Resource Revenue Sharing: The Links betweenRevenue Sharing and Energy Policy / Judith Maxwell Rent vs. Revenue Maximization as an Objective of EnvironmentalManagement / Harry F. Campbell Ontario Mining Profit Tax: An Evaluation / J. ClarkLeith Governments and Mineral Resource Earnings: Taxation with OverSimplification? / Paul G. Bradley Note on Federations and Risk Aversion / John Butlin A Note on the Economics of Oil-Financed Recovery Projects / G.C.Watkins The Concept of a Nation and Entitlements to Economic Rents / A.Milton Moore The Volatility of Rents / Albert Breton A Comment on Decentralized Resource Control / Irene M.Spry Biographical Notes Index

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