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  1. Determinants of Economic Freedom

    Many studies have shown that economic freedom is a major determinant of countries’ living standards, economic growth, and other indicators of social and economic well-being. This paper is an effort to understand the determinants of economic freedom in ...

  2. Government Lovers: Paid by Canadian Governments and Taxpayers

    This study presents information about the size of government in Canada by accounting for the number of Canadians who are paid by governments as civil servants and beneficiaries of social insurance programs. It supplements the annual Tax Freedom Day ...

  3. How to Use the Fiscal Surplus

    When the conference How to Spend the Fiscal Dividend: What is the Optimal Size of Government? was planned in the summer of 1997, the Government of Canada was expected to present a balanced budget in the upcoming fiscal year 1998/99 and, if tax rates and ...