
Trevor Tombe
– Associate Professor of Economics, University of Calgary
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Calgary
Trevor Tombe is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and a Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy. He has an MA and a PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto and a BBA in Finance from Simon Fraser University. He has published in top economics journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, and Canadian Journal of Economics, among many others, on topics including economic and fiscal integration, internal trade, and fiscal federalism. In addition to his academic research, he regularly promotes public understanding of economics and policy issues through his numerous public policy papers and more general engagement.
Recent Research by Trevor Tombe
— Feb 9, 2023
— Mar 4, 2021
Executive Summary
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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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— Nov 12, 2020
Read the Essay - Towards a More Productive and United Canada
Read the Essay - Barriers to Entry and Productivity Growth
View the Infographic - Potential gains from eliminating interprovincial trade barriers
View the Infographic - Barriers to trade harm productivity and economic growth
Read the News Release