This longstanding research program combines the traditional concerns of public finance with the analysis of collective choice mechanisms, and explores the implications of the resulting frameworks for the positive and normative analysis of taxation, public expenditure and public policy generally. Most recently, this work includes the co-edited book with J. Martinez-Vazquez\u00a0 Coercion and Social Welfare in Public Finance: Economic and Political Dimensions<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Currently I am writing a book with Steve Ferris for the Cambridge Elements\u00a0<\/i>series on Political Competition and Public Economics.<\/em><\/p>\n Political competition is at the heart of liberal democracy. In this research with colleagues in Canada and India we are studying the meaning, measurement and explanation of variation in the degree political competition in the mature democracies of Canada and the United States and across the Indian states. The consequences of competitiveness for public finance and other policies in these countries is also on this agenda.<\/p>\n Does public policy in ordinary times, such as the regionalized nature of unemployment insurance, substantially alter interregional migration in Canada? \u00a0extraordinary events such as the election of a separatist government in Quebec or the closing of the east coast cod fishery affect individual migration decisions? The empirical relationship between public policy and interprovincial migration is the subject of my recent book Internal Migration and Public Policy in Canada: An Empirical Study, <\/em>published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in 2012, with Kathleen Day of the University of Ottawa. This body of research also includes some work on Canada-U.S. migration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For<\/strong>\u00a0publications and some data sets in these areas, please see the list of working papers and publications. \u00a0Comments and questions are always welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The integration of public finance and collective choice This longstanding research program combines the traditional concerns of public finance with the analysis of collective choice mechanisms, and explores the implications of the resulting frameworks for the positive and normative analysis of taxation, public expenditure and public policy generally. Most recently, this work includes the co-edited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"\nPolitical competition in mature democracies – meaning, measurement and consequences<\/h2>\n
Internal migration and public policy<\/h2>\n