A key parameter in determining the response of investment to changes in its price is the user cost elasticity. But the empirical evidence on the user cost elasticity is mixed.. Traditional macro-econometric estimation has yielded a value close to zero whereas newer micro-econometric estimates...

Given the framework of the 1984 Canada Health Act, the health status of immigrants should be similar to average levels within whole of Canada. Yet, assuming equality of health status between immigrant and non-immigrants, or between immigrant groups is likely an unrealistic and simplistic...

Cet article s’interesse a l’impact de l’ouverture financiere sur les disparites internes de revenu. L’analyse s’appuie sur l’evolution de la distribution du revenu de onze pays emergents ayant tous mis en place des reformes de liberalisation financiere entre 1980 et 2000, ainsi que...