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Tax, borrow, and spend : financing federal spending in Canada, 1867-1990 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gillespie, W. Irwin (William Irwin), 1937- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Y Graphic Design (Diseñador de portada)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa [Ontario] : Carleton University Press, 1995.
Colección:Carleton library series ; 170.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • The Carleton Library
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures, Tables and Charts
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Aim and Scope of Study
  • Research Strategy
  • A Preview of the Taxing, Borrowing and Spending Story, 1867-1990
  • Chapter 2: A Positive Model of Revenue Structure The Need for a Theory of Revenue Structure
  • The Political Process and Revenue Structure
  • Factors Influencing Political Costs
  • Political Equilibrium and the Structure of Revenues
  • Tax Reform and Revenue Structure Changes
  • The Causes of Tax Reform The Strategies of Tax Reform
  • Political Equilibrium and the Hettich-Winer Model
  • Conclusions
  • Chapter 3: Attracting People and Building the Union: Dominion Revenue Policy, 1867-1917
  • Introduction
  • Luring Immigrants and Colonies
  • To Borrow or to Tax: That is the Question
  • Tax Individual Incomes? Never! With an Eye on the United States Tax on Tea
  • Avoiding Smugglers and Con Men
  • The Joy of Taxing Sin!
  • Robin Hood as a Baby
  • Financing Dominion Spending, 1867-1917
  • Conclusions: Tax Lightly, Borrow Cheaply and Spend
  • Chapter 4: An Overview of Dominion Revenue Policy, 1918-1990 Introduction
  • Robin Hood Grows Up
  • On Introducing the Income Tax
  • On Expanding the Income Tax
  • On Reforming the Income and Sales Taxes
  • Modest Themes
  • To Borrow or to Tax: Still an Important Question