Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Provincial Interdependence: Concepts and Theories 1
6. A Race to the Bottom in Provincial Business Taxation in Canada? 25
7. Still in the Game: Efforts to Govern Economic Development Competition in Canada 49
8. Follow the Leader and Dominoes: Games that Provinces Play in Tobacco Taxation 73
9. Environmental Policy in Canada: Harmonized at the Bottom? 113
10. Slouching toward the Bottom? Provincial Social Assistance Provision in Canada, 1980–2000 157
11. Races to the Bottom versus Races to the Middle: Minimum Wage Setting in Canada 193
12. Policy Races in the American States 229
13. Are Canadian Provinces Engaged in a Race to the Bottom? Evidence and Implications 257
14. Works Cited 271
15. Contributors 291
16. Index 293