Economic Analysis and Policy Working Papers

Mansour, Hani and Medina, Pamela and Velasquez, Andrea, When Women's Work Disappears: Marriage and Fertility Decisions in Peru (2023). CESifo Working Paper No. 10602, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4544583 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4544583

Sun, Ruiqi and Trefler, Daniel, The Impact of Ai and Cross-Border Data Regulation on International Trade in Digital Services: A Large Language Model (November 2023). NBER Working Paper No. w31925, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4652398

Carleton Athey, Susan and Bryan, Kevin and Gans, Joshua S., The Allocation of Decision Authority to Human and Artificial Intelligence (January 2020). NBER Working Paper No. w26673. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3522322

Baum-Snow, Nathaniel and Hartley, Daniel A. and Lee, Kwan Ok, The Long-Run Effects of Neighborhood Change on Incumbent Families (April 2019). CESifo Working Paper No. 7577. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3367213

Cavenaile, Laurent and Roldan, Pau, Advertising, Innovation and Economic Growth (February 7, 2019). Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1902. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3330521 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3330521

Abel, Jaison R. and Florida, Richard and Gabe, Todd M., Can Low-wage Workers Find Better Jobs? (April 1, 2018). FRB of New York Staff Report No. 846. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3164963 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3164963

Ambuehl, Sandro and Bernheim, B. Douglas and Ersoy, Fulya and Harris, Donna, Peer Advice on Financial Decisions: A Case of the Blind Leading the Blind? (September 2018). NBER Working Paper No. w25034. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3250551

Ambuehl, Sandro and Ockenfels, Axel and Stewart, Colin, Attention and Selection Effects (April 17, 2018). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3154197. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3154197 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3154197

Baum-Snow, Nathaniel and Henderson, J. Vernon and Turner, Matthew and Zhang, Qinghua and Brandt, Loren, Does Investment in National Highways Help or Hurt Hinterland City Growth? (May 2018). NBER Working Paper No. w24596. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3177955

Bird, Richard Miller, Policy Forum: Equalization and Canada's Fiscal Constitution — The Tie That Binds? (December 13, 2018). Canadian Tax Journal/Revue Fiscale Canadienne, Vol. 66, No. 4, 2018. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3309707

Bird, Richard Miller and Slack, Enid, Who Should Pay for Infrastructure? (March 1, 2018). Regulation, Vol. 41, No. 1, Spring 2018; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3147198. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3147198

Zhou, Zhengyi and Chen, Hong and Han, Lu and Zhang, Anming, The Effect of a Subway on House Prices: Evidence from Shanghai (September 9, 2018). Real Estate Economics (forthcoming). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3239760 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3239760

Ambuehl, Sandro, and Groves, Vivienne, Unraveling Over Time (November 21, 2017). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6739. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3100032

Ambuehl, Sandro, An Offer You Can't Refuse? Incentives Change What We Believe (October 2017). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6296. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2917195

Baum-Snow, Nathaniel and Turner, Matthew A., Transport Infrastructure and the Decentralization of Cities in the People’s Republic of China (August 23, 2017). Asian Development Review 34:2. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3025036

Bird, Richard Miller and Slack, Enid, Financing Infrastructure: Who Should Pay? (December 4, 2017). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3083743. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3083743 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3083743

Bird, Richard Miller, Are Global Taxes Feasible? (August 10, 2017). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3006175. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3006175or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3006175

Bird, Richard Miller, Why We Should But Don't Pay the Right Prices for Urban Infrastructure (February 1, 2017). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2909873. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2909873 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2909873

Ambuehl, Sandro and Bernheim, B. Douglas and Ersoy, Fulya and Harris, Donna, Social Transmission of Financial Decision Making Skills. A Case of the Blind Leading the Blind? (December 31, 2016). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2891753. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2891753 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2891753

Ambuehl, Sandro and Ockenfels, Axel, The Ethics of Incentivizing the Uninformed. A Vignette Study (December 21, 2016). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2888554. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2888554 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2888554

Artige, Lionel and Cavenaile, Laurent, Public Education Expenditures, Growth and Income Inequality (April 7, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2759093 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2759093

Baum-Snow, Nathaniel and Hartley, Daniel A., Accounting for Central Neighborhood Change, 1980-2010 (September 16, 2016). FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP-2016-9. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2839686

Bird, Richard Miller and Wilson, Thomas A., The Corporate Income Tax in Canada: Does Its Past Foretell Its Future? (December 13, 2016). SPP Research Papers, Volume 9, Issue 38, December 2016 ; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2896985. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2896985

Bird, Richard Miller and Smart, Michael, Taxing Consumption in Canada: Rates, Revenues, and Redistribution (March 14, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2747459 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2747459

Bird, Richard Miller and Litvak, Jennie I. and Rao, M. Govinda, Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Poverty Alleviation in Viet Nam (March 1995). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1430. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=620601

Safarian, A. Edward, Simplifying the Rule Book: A Proposal to Reform and Clarify Canada's Policy on Inward Foreign Direct Investment (May 13, 2015). C.D. Howe Institute Commentary No. 425.

Chandra, Ambarish and Lederman, Mara, Revisiting the Relationship between Competition and Price Discrimination in the Airline Industry (May 4, 2015). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2477719.

Chandra, Ambarish and Gulati, Sumeet and Sallee, James, Who Loses When Prices are Negotiated? An Analysis of the New Car Market (April 8, 2015). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2602526. 

Beaulieu, Eugene and Dobson, Wendy, Why Delay the Inevitable: Why the AIIB Matters to Canada’s Future (April 2, 2015). SPP Research Paper Vol. 7, Issue 3; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2590371.

Jones, Lauren E. and Milligan, Kevin S. and Stabile, Mark, Child Cash Benefits and Family Expenditures: Evidence from the National Child Benefit (April 2015). NBER Working Paper No. w21101.  

Chandra, Ambarish and Kaiser, Ulrich, Newspapers and Magazines (March 12, 2015). Forthcoming Handbook of Media Economics; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2479359.  

Allin, Sara and Baker, Michael and Isabelle, Maripier and Stabile, Mark, Physician Incentives and the Rise in C-Sections: Evidence from Canada (March 2015). NBER Working Paper No. w21022.

Mitchell, Matthew F. and Zhang, Yuzhe, Shared Patent Rights and Technological Progress (February 2015). International Economic Review, Vol. 56, Issue 1, pp. 95-132, 2015.

Dippel, Christian and Greif, Avner and Trefler, Daniel, The Rents from Trade and Coercive Institutions: Removing the Sugar Coating (February 2015). NBER Working Paper No. w20958. 

Bird, Richard M., Global Taxes and International Taxation: Mirage and Reality (January 1, 2015). ICTD Working Paper 28; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2587842.

Bird, Richard Miller, Tobacco and Alcohol Excise Taxes for Improving Public Health and Revenue Outcomes: Marrying Sin and Virtue? (November 23, 2015). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7500. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2695230

Bird, Richard Miller, Fiscal Decentralization and Decentralizing Tax Administration: Different Questions, Different Answers (November 23, 2015). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2694651. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2694651 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2694651

Bird, Richard Miller and Zolt, Eric M., Taxation and Inequality in Canada and the United States: Two Stories or One? (August 28, 2015). 52 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 401 (2015); UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 15-15; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2652902. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2652902

Han, Bing and Han, Lu and Zhu, Guozhong, Housing Price and Fundamentals in a Transition Economy: The Case of the Beijing Market (September 23, 2015). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2664817. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2664817 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2664817

Slack, Enid and Bird, Richard Miller, Financing Regional Public Transit in Ontario: The Case for Strengthening the Wicksellian Connection (August 10, 2015). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2642438. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2642438 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2642438

Ambuehl, Sandro and Bernheim, B. Douglas and Lusardi, Annamaria, Financial Education, Financial Competence, and Consumer Welfare (October 15, 2014). Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center Working Paper No. 2014-4. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2585219 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2585219

• Corts, Kenneth S., Finite Optimal Penalties for False Advertising (December 2014). The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 62, Issue 4, pp. 661-681, 2014.

• Bird, Richard M. and Smart, Michael, VAT in a Federal System: Lessons from Canada (Winter 2014). Public Budgeting & Finance, Vol. 34, Issue 4, pp. 38-60, 2014. 

• Bird, Richard M. and Zolt, Eric M., Fiscal Contracting in Latin America (September 15, 2014). UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 14-13; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2496576.

• Bird, Richard M., Reflections on Assessing Urban Fiscal Health (February 9, 2014). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2423000.
  
  
• Dobson, Wendy, China's State-Owned Enterprises and Canada's FDI Policy (March 2014). SPP Research Paper No. 7-10; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2416422.

• Bird, Richard M. and Slack, Enid, Local Taxes and Local Expenditures in Developing Countries: Strengthening the Wicksellian Connection (February 2014).

• Bird, Richard M., Reflections on Assessing Urban Fiscal Health (February 2014). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2423000.

• Campbell, James David, Ownership and Pricing of Information: A Model and Application to Open Access (February 2014). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2399189.

• Barbone, Luca, Belkindas, Misha, Bettendorf, Leon and Bird, Richard M., Bonch-Osmolovskiy, Mikhail and Smart, Michael, Study to Quantify and Analyse the VAT Gap in the EU-27 Member States (October 2013). CASE Network Reports No. 116/2013.

• Bird, Richard M. and Zolt, Eric M., Taxation, Inequality and Fiscal Contracting in the Americas (September 2013). UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 13-14; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2321868.

• Stabile, Mark and Thomson, Sarah M.S, The Changing Role of Government in Financing Health Care: An International Perspective. (September 2013). NBER Working Paper No. w19439.

• Galasso, Alberto, Mitchell, Matthew F. and Virag, Gabor,Market Outcomes and Dynamic Patent Buyouts (August 2013).

• Andini, Monica, De Blasio, Guido, Duranton, Gilles and Strange, William C., Marshallian Labor Market Pooling: Evidence from Italy (July 2013). Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 922.

• Currie, Janet, Stabile, Mark and Jones, Lauren Eden, Do Stimulant Medications Improve Educational and Behavioral Outcomes for Children with ADHD? (June 2013). NBER Working Paper No. w19105.

• Agarwal, Rajshree, Campbell, Benjamin A., Franco, April and Ganco, Martin, What Do I Take with Me?: The Mediating Effect of Spin-Out Team Size and Tenure on the Founder-Firm Performance Relationship (April 2013). US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP- 13-17.

• Haryanto, Edgar, Rodier, Arthur, Shum, Pauline M., and Hejazi, Walid,Intraday Share Price Volatility and Leveraged ETF Rebalancing (April 2013).

• Dungan, Peter, Fang, Tony and Gunderson, Morley, Macroeconomic Impacts of Canadian Immigration: Results from a Macro Model (March 2013). British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 51, Issue 1, pp. 174-195, 2013.

• Nunn, Nathan and Trefler, Daniel, Domestic Institutions as a Source of Comparative Advantage (February 2013). NBER Working Paper No. w18851.

• Dyck, I. J. Alexander, Morse, Adair and Zingales, Luigi, How Pervasive is Corporate Fraud? (February 2013).

• Bar-Isaac, Heski and Gavazza, Alessandro, Brokers' Contractual Arrangements in the Manhattan Residential Rental Market (January 2013). Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2205157.

• Moldoveanu, Mihnea C., Algorithmic Foundations for Business Strategy (January 2013).

• Dyck, I. J. Alexander and Pomorski, Lukasz,Investor Scale and Performance in Private Equity Investments (December 2012).

• Puga, Diego and Trefler, Daniel,International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice's Response to Globalization (August 2012).

• Bird, Richard M. and Smart, Michael, VAT in a Federal System: Lessons from Canada (July 2012).

• Doidge, Craig and Dyck, I. J. Alexander, Taxes and Corporate Policies: Evidence from the Canadian Income Trust Market (June 2012).

• Mitchell, Matthew F. and Zhang, Yuzhe, Shared Rights and Technological Progress (May 2012).

• Han, Lu and Strange, William C., Bidding Wars for Houses (May 2012). Real Estate Economics, Forthcoming.

• Bird, Richard M., The GST/HST: Creating an Integrated Sales Tax in a Federal Country (January 2012).

• Dyck, I. J. Alexander and Pomorski, Lukasz, Is Bigger Better? Size and Performance in Pension Plan Management (October 2010).

• Chi, Feng and Yang, Nathan, Wealth and Status: Analyzing the Perceived Attractiveness of 2010 FIFA World Cup Players (August 2010).

• Chi, Feng and Yang, Nathan, Twitter Adoption in Congress: Who Tweets First? (August 2010).

• Bird, Richard M. and Zolt, Eric M., Dual Income Taxation and Developing Countries (May 2010).

• Han, Lu and Hong, Seung-Hyun, Testing Cost Inefficiency under Free Entry in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry (May 2010).

• Mitchell, Matthew F. and Zhang, Yuzhe, Unemployment Insurance with Hidden Savings (April 
• 2010).

• Rao, M. Govinda and Bird, Richard M., Urban Governance and Finance in India (March 2010).

• Vaillancourt, François, Roy-Cesar, Edison and Bird, Richard M.,Is Decentralization 'Glue' or 'Solvent' for National Unity?(January 2010).

• Florida, Richard and Jackson, Scott, Sonic City: The Evolving Economic Geography of the Music Industry (December 2009). Florida, R. and Jackson, S. (2010) Sonic City: The Evolving Economic Geography of the Music Industry, Journal of Planning Education and Research vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 310-321, DOI: 10.1177/0739456X09354453.

• Bird, Richard M. and Smart, Michael,Earmarked Grants and Accountability in Government(November 2009).

• Bird, Richard M., Brandt, Loren, Rozelle, Scott and Zhang, Linxiu,Fiscal Reform and Rural Public Finance in China (November 2009).

• Bird, Richard M.,Tax System Change and the Impact of Tax Research (November 2009).
• Bird, Richard M., Visibility and Accountability: Is Tax-Inclusive Pricing a Good Thing? (November 2009).

• Bird, Richard M., The Spending Power in Federal Countries (September 2009).

• Bird, Richard M. and Smart, Michael, Assigning State Taxes in a Federal Country: The Case of Australia(July 2009).

• Bird, Richard M. and Gendron, Pierre-Pascal,Sales Taxation in Canada: The GST-HST-QST-RST 'System' (May 2009).

• Masson, Paul R. and Pattison, John C., Financial Regulatory Reform: Using Models of Cooperation to Evaluate Current Prospects for International Agreement (June 2009).

• Franco, April , Mitchell, Matthew F. and Vereshchagina, Galina M.,Incentives and the Structure of Teams (February 2009).

• Han, Lu, The Effects of Price Uncertainty on Housing Demand: Empirical Evidence from U.S. Markets (January 2009).

• Han, Lu, The Risk-Return Relationship in Housing Markets: Financial Risk Versus Consumption Insurance (December 2008).

• Dyck, I. J. Alexander, Moss, David A. and Zingales, Luigi ,Media Versus Special Interests(September 2008).

• Zolt, Eric M. and Bird, Richard M.,Tax Policy in Emerging Countries(November 2008).

• Bird, Richard M.,The BBLR Approach to Tax Reform in Emerging Countries (September 2008).

• Bahl, Roy W. and Bird, Richard M., Subnational Taxes in Developing Countries: The Way Forward (September 2008).

• Bird, Richard M.,Tax Assignment Revisited (September 2008).

• Bird, Richard M. and Zolt, Eric M., Technology and Taxation in Developing Countries: From Hand to Mouse ( September 2008). 

• Dobson, Wendy and Masson, Paul R.,Will the Renminbi Become a World Currency? (August 2008).

• Han, Lu and Hong, Seung-Hyun, Entry and Inefficiency in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications (July 2008).

• Smart, Michael and Bird, Richard M.,The Economic Incidence of Replacing a Retail Sales Tax by a Value-Added Tax: Evidence from Canadian Experience (June 2008).

• Bird, Richard M., Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries (March 2008).

• Dobson, Wendy and Safarian, A. Edward, The Transition from Imitation to Innovation: An Enquiry into China's Evolving Institutions and Firm Capabilities (March 2008). 

• Flood, Colleen M., Stabile, Mark and Hughes Tuohy, Carolyn J., Introduction: Seeking the Grail: Financing for Quality, Accessibility, and Sustainability in the Health Care System(March 2008).

• Dobson, Wendy and Masson, Paul R., Will the Renminbi Become a World Currency? (January 2008).