Racing to the Bottom? Provincial Interdependence in the Canadian Federation

Bibliographic Data

ID6238540
AuthorsBev Dahlby (University of Alberta, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume39
Issue3
Pages684-686
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008423906229974
OpenAlexW2051860563
LanguageEN
Citations received31

Racing to the Bottom? Provincial Interdependence in the Canadian Federation, Kathryn Harrison, ed., Vancouver: UBC Press, 2006, pp. 305.There is a widely expressed concern that technological changes and lower barriers to trade and investment have reduced governments' ability to impose taxes on mobile inputs, such as financial capital or venture capitalists, and this will constrain their ability to provide basic public services and redistribute income. These forces are often described as producing a “race to the bottom,” in which governments compete through their tax, regulatory, and expenditure policies to attract footloose investments

Business · Capital (architecture · Economic policy · Economics · Geography · Globalization · International economics · International trade · Investment (military · Market economy · Political science · Race to the bottom · Venture capital · Canadian Policy and Governance · Finance