Wayne R Thirsk

Biographic Data

ID1632163
NAMEWayne R Thirsk
GIVEN NAMESWayne R
FAMILY NAMEThirsk
SIGNATURETHIRSK W R
AFFILIATIONSWorld Bank
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
H-INDEX1

  • Welfare dominance and the design of excise taxation in the Côte d'ivoire

    Open AccessShlomo Yitzhaki, Wayne R Thirsk et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics1990Cited by: 2

  • Reforming Capital Income Taxation in Canada

    Wayne R Thirsk, James Davies et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1988

  • The Value-Added Tax in Canada

    Wayne R ThirskARTICLECanadian Public Policy1987References: 1

    Cette etude analyse le role d'une nouvelle taxe sur la valeur ajoutee pour le Canada. L'etude examine pourquoi la TVA peut etre une option attrayante pour les decideurs et decrit, avec l'aide d'un exemple numerique, la grande variete de formes que la TVA peut prendre. En principe, la TVA devrait s'appliquer au total des depenses de consommation. En pratique, telle que l'experience Europeenne l'illustre, cet objectif est difficile a atteindre. Une…

  • In the Canadian Interest? Third World Development in the 1980's

    Wayne R ThirskARTICLECanadian Public Policy1982

  • The Effects of Revenue Sharing on the Distribution of Disposable Incomes

    J Gregory Ballentine, Wayne R ThirskARTICLECanadian Public Policy1980References: 3

    J. Gregory Ballentine, Wayne R. Thirsk, The Effects of Revenue Sharing on the Distribution of Disposable Incomes, Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter, 1980), pp. 30-40

  • Beware of Drink! A Reply

    Charles E Mclure, Charles E McLure Charles E McLure et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…1980

  • Aggregation bias and the sensivity of income distribution to changes in the composition of demand

    Wayne R ThirskARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies1979

    Recent empirical studies have discredited the hypothesis that there exists a strong, or even reliable, relationship between expenditures by income class and the distribution of income. A weakness in all of these studies is that the composition of firm size in each industry is not permitted to vary in response to a redistribution of income. This paper examines the importance of such an aggregation bias. Within the framework of a partially closed i…

  • Charging for Public Services

    Wayne R Thirsk, Richard M Bird et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy1978

  • The Inequity of Taxing Iniquity

    Charles E Mclure, Charles E McLure Charles E McLure et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…1978

  • The Impact of the Crude Oil Subsidy on Economic Efficiency in Canada

    Wayne R Thirsk, Robert R WrightARTICLECanadian Public Policy1977Cited by: 1References: 2

    The price of crude oil in Canada has been maintained at levels considerably below international prices since 1974. This policy satisfied a number of short-term objectives but, given the apparent long-term nature of high world oil prices, has led to considerable distortions in the Canadian economy. By cancelling incentives to adjust to higher world prices the oil subsidy encourages wasteful consumption and discourages socially profitable productio…