This paper proposes, estimates, and tests a “no-frills†static two-equation recursive model, where the size of the largest city depends on the level of development in a two-step relationship, with the total urban population intervening as an intermediate variable. The model has the...

This paper presents some of the outstanding innovations featured in the static version of the large, multisector, bi-regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of Quebec and the Rest-of-Canada developed for the ministère des Finances du Québec. It focuses on the marginal effective tax...