Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada

Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University.André Lecours is a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa. Gregory P. Marchildon is a professor emeritus at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and the founding director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.Haizhen Mou is a professor at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan.M. Rose Olfert is Professor Emerita at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsThe AuthorsIntroduction1. Equalization in Comparative and Historical Perspective2. The Politics of Equalization3. The Economics of Equalization4. Equalization and the Federal Transfer SystemConclusionData AppendixIndex

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