William B P Robson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6471135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William B P Robson |
| GIVEN NAMES | William B P |
| FAMILY NAME | Robson |
| SIGNATURE | ROBSON W B P |
| AFFILIATIONS | C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans in Canada
More than bad luck lies behind the plight of single-employer defined-benefit pension plans in Canada. Deals that purported to relieve employees of risk, while offering sponsors a powerful workforce-management tool and low current compensation costs, were attractive to the contracting parties—but key economic uncertainties and agency problems mean that these plans were not as good for participants and taxpayers. Pension-plans designers and policy-…
In the Long Run We're All Dead
Preface 1. Fiscal Politics 2. Deficit Finance in Historical Perspective 3. The Political Economy of Economic Decline 4. Persisting Keynesian Conceptualizations of Deficit Finance, 1975-84 5. Restructuring Power Relations 6. The Priority of Structural Reform, 1984-93 7. Economic Insecurity and the Political Conditions for Deficit Elimination 8. Only Nixon Can Go to China, 1993-8 9. Maynard Where Art Thou? Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
Federal Debt Reduction
The federal government's reluctance to set out a strategy for long-term debt reduction likely arises from disagreements about how rapidly to reduce debt, how rigidly to translate the long-term debt reduction path into annual fiscal targets, and how to balance new spending and tax cuts. We try to narrow the uncertainties around these choices with Monte Carlo simulation using a model of the Canadian economy that explicitly incorporates uncertainty …
Equality and Prosperity
When We're 65
The Great Canadian Disinflation
Deficit Reduction
Two Nations, One Money? Canada's Monetary System Following a Quebec Secession
In the Long Run We're All Dead
Preface 1. Fiscal Politics 2. Deficit Finance in Historical Perspective 3. The Political Economy of Economic Decline 4. Persisting Keynesian Conceptualizations of Deficit Finance, 1975-84 5. Restructuring Power Relations 6. The Priority of Structural Reform, 1984-93 7. Economic Insecurity and the Political Conditions for Deficit Elimination 8. Only Nixon Can Go to China, 1993-8 9. Maynard Where Art Thou? Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
Deficit Reduction
The Great Canadian Disinflation
Two Nations, One Money? Canada's Monetary System Following a Quebec Secession
Two Nations, One Money? Canada's Monetary System Following a Quebec Secession
The Great Canadian Disinflation
Deficit Reduction
When We're 65
Federal Debt Reduction
The federal government's reluctance to set out a strategy for long-term debt reduction likely arises from disagreements about how rapidly to reduce debt, how rigidly to translate the long-term debt reduction path into annual fiscal targets, and how to balance new spending and tax cuts. We try to narrow the uncertainties around these choices with Monte Carlo simulation using a model of the Canadian economy that explicitly incorporates uncertainty …
Equality and Prosperity
In the Long Run We're All Dead
Preface 1. Fiscal Politics 2. Deficit Finance in Historical Perspective 3. The Political Economy of Economic Decline 4. Persisting Keynesian Conceptualizations of Deficit Finance, 1975-84 5. Restructuring Power Relations 6. The Priority of Structural Reform, 1984-93 7. Economic Insecurity and the Political Conditions for Deficit Elimination 8. Only Nixon Can Go to China, 1993-8 9. Maynard Where Art Thou? Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans in Canada
More than bad luck lies behind the plight of single-employer defined-benefit pension plans in Canada. Deals that purported to relieve employees of risk, while offering sponsors a powerful workforce-management tool and low current compensation costs, were attractive to the contracting parties—but key economic uncertainties and agency problems mean that these plans were not as good for participants and taxpayers. Pension-plans designers and policy-…
Economics (6 works) · Canadian Policy and Governance (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Keynesian economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (2 works) · Global Financial Crisis and Policies (2 works)