This paper examines the potential for using economic instruments to stimulate the use of renewable energy in the Canadian residential sector, notably micro-wind and solar photovoltaics. We examine three instruments in particular: installation grants, feed-in tariffs and municipal development charges

We identify the characteristics of establishments that paid 100 percent of health insurance premiums and the policies they offered from 1997-2001, despite increased premium costs. Analyzing data from the MEPS-IC, we see little change in the percent of establishments that paid the full cost of...

Even before the current economic downturn, rates of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) declined substantially, falling six percentage points between 2000 and 2008 for nonelderly Americans. During a previously documented decline in ESI, from 1987 to 1996, the fall was found to be the result of a...

Even before the current economic downturn, rates of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) declined substantially, falling six percentage points between 2000 and 2008 for nonelderly Americans. During a previously documented decline in ESI, from 1987 to 1996, the fall was found to be the result of a...

Understanding how households make health insurance choices is of critical importance in evaluating issues of equity and efficiency in health care markets. We consider a largely neglected aspect of such decision making: the decision of families with two working spouses to obtain double coverage....

This paper examines the question of fairness in the design of much needed carbon pricing policies. We evaluate the impact of the B.C. carbon tax and the proposed Australian carbon pricing proposal on indigenous communities, and offer a comparative analysis of carbon taxes and emissions trading...