Livio Di Matteo
– Professor of Economics, Lakehead University
Livio Di Matteo is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute and Professor of Economics at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where he specializes in public policy and finance, health economics, and economic history. His most recent work examines value for money in health-care spending and the drivers and sustainability of health-care spending; fiscal economic history; and the historical evolution of economic inequality in Canada and internationally. Prof. Di Matteo is a member of the CIHI National Health Expenditure Advisory Panel and a contributor to Fraser Forum, the Fraser Institute’s blog, as well as his own policy blog, Northern Economist 2.0. His op-eds have appeared frequently in many newspapers across Canada including the Globe and Mail, National Post, Financial Post, Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press, Waterloo Region Record, and Hamilton Spectator. He has been listed in Canada’s Who’s Who since 1995 and holds a Ph.D. from McMaster University, an M.A. from the University of Western Ontario, and a B.A. from Lakehead University.
Recent Research by Livio Di Matteo
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Chapter 1: Getting to a Four-Day Work Week Through Faster Productivity Growth
Chapter 2: Towards a More Productive and United Canada
Chapter 3: Barriers to Entry and Productivity Growth
Chapter 4: The Drag on Productivity from Excessive Regulation
Chapter 5: The Importance of Labour Market Mobility to Productivity Growth
Chapter 6: Promoting Productivity Growth by Encouraging Innovation
Chapter 7: Enhancing Productivity Growth by Encouraging Entrepreneurship
Chapter 8: Entrepreneurial Finance and Productivity in Different Institutional Contexts
Chapter 9: Increasing Productivity Through Tax Reform
Chapter 10: Putting Government on a Financial Diet
Chapter 11: Government Size and Economic Growth
View the Infographic: A Fiscal Anchor Will Promote Faster Growth
View the Infographic: Potential Gains From Eliminating Interprovincial Trade Barriers
View the Infographic: Barriers to Trade Harm Growth
View the Infographic: Excessive Regulation Hampers Productivity
View the Infographic: Increasing Productivity Through Tax Reform
View the Infographic: Entrepreneurship
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