Publications

Joint Series of Competitiveness

No. 30

A Changing China: the Resource Challenge 

(Howard R. Balloch, November 2006)

No. 29

Changes in the Composition of Global Financial Flows: What Can We Learn from Micro Evidence? 

(Linda Tesar, August 2006)

No. 28

East Asian Capital Flows and World Financial Stability: Will There Be a Free-Fall in the U.S. Dollar? 
(Dr. Michael M. Hutchison, September 2004)

No. 27

The WTO: Are Past Glories a Prologue to Future Failures? 
(Gary Hufbauer; January 2004)

No. 26

A Review of Anti-Dumping Determinations of Agricultural Products in NAFTA 
(Dr. Rolf Mirus; September 2002)

No. 25

China WTO Accession and Alberta's Opportunities 
(S. Stephen Janzen; September 2002)

No. 24

Japan's Weak Economy: Is Policy the Answer? 
(Jennie Corbett; October 17, 2000)

No. 23

International Price Competition On the Internet: A Clinical Study of the Online Book Industry 
(Rajesh Chakrabarti & Barry Scholnick; March 2001)

No. 22

The Trade and Investment Impact of NAFTA on Canada 
(Dr. Rolf Mirus; October 2000)

No. 21

Impact of Asian Flu on Canadian Exports (Special Reference to Western Canada) 
(Dick Beason; March 2000)

No. 20

Small Firms, Globalization, and Canadian Public Policy 
(Zoltan Acs, Randall K. Morck & Bernard Yeung; January 2000)

No. 19

Japan's Economic Diplomacy: What Next? 
(Peter Drysdale; October 5, 1999)

No. 18

Competitiveness of Canadian Agri-Food Exports Against Its Competitors in Asia: 1980-1997 
(Kevin Chen & Yufeng Duan; November 1999)

No. 17

China at Fifty 
(Brian L. Evans; November 1999)

No. 16

Japan's Economic Misery: What Next? 
(Hugh Patrick; October 6, 1998)

No. 15

NUS Foreign Direct Investment Into Canada After FTA 
(Dr. Rolf Mirus & Barry Scholnick; April 1998)

No. 14

Preparing International Business Students: The Need for Practical Experience
(Yelena Lungin; October 1999)

No. 13

China - Where Will Its Leaders Lead?
(Senator Jack Austin, P.C., Q.C.; March 1997)

No. 12

The Strategy and Performance of Foreign Companies in Japan 
(Hideki Yoshihara; February 1997)

No. 11

Japan's Innovation System: Past Developments and Current Problems (Akira Goto; January 1997)

No. 10

The Export Capability of Selected Service Sectors in the Alberta Economy (S. Stephen Janzen; March 1996)

No. 9

Can Networks Increase the Export Competitiveness of Alberta Business? (Edward J. Chambers & Beth Tuggle-McLean; February 1996)

No. 8

Managing Labor Shortages: Some International Lessons from Air Traffic Control
(Edward George Fisher; January 1995)

No. 7

Canadian Exports to China: A View From the West 
(Dr. Rolf Mirus, December 1994)

No. 6

Selected Value-Added Exports from Alberta: Results from a Survey of Manufacturers 
(S. Stephen Janzen; June 1994)

No. 5

Competitiveness and Alberta's Relations with Asia: Reversing a Troubling Trend
(Morris Maduro; March 1994)

No. 4

Selected Value-Added Exports from Alberta and British Columbia: Results from a Sample Survey of Manufacturers
(David Race; November 1993)

No. 3

Business Negotiations in the Ex-Soviet Union: Old and New Realities (Alexander Batchvarov; June 1993)

No. 2

Japanese Industrial Relations in an International Business Environment (Masao Nakamura; September 1992)

No. 1

The International Competitiveness of the Canadian Forest Products Industry
(October 1991)

Information Bulletins

No. 80

Alberta's and Western Canada's Exports: 15 Years of FTAs 
(Xiaozhan Liu & Dr. Rolf Mirus; September 2004)

 

Alberta Benefits: Economic Impacts of Northern Gas Pipeline Construction 
Addendum
(Nataliya L. Rylska & Joan E. Greabeiel; April 2004)

No. 77

Canadian FDI in the U.S.: Geographic Disperson, Industry Characteristics and Economic Impact 
(Joe Haizhou Huang & Dr. Rolf Mirus; April 2004)

No. 76

A Primer on Western Canadian Entrepreneurship 
(Edward J. Chambers & Stuart E. Shaw; April 2004)

No. 75

What's Wrong with the WTO: Reforming Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Subsidy Provisions 
(Matthew Saunders & Dr. Rolf Mirus; December 2003)

No. 74

The Alberta and Western Canada Export Experience Under FTAs: 1988-2002 
(Xiaozhan Liu; June 2003)

No. 73

Alberta Tariff Reduction and Elimination Priorities: 1997-2001 
(Katrin Anna Hoffmann; November 2002)

No. 72

Natural Resource Trust Funds: A Comparison of Alberta and Alaska Resource Funds 
(Alan A. Warrack & Russell R. Keddie; September 2002)

No. 71

The Alberta and Western Canada Export Experience Under the FTA: 1988-2001 
(Katrin Anna Hoffmann; August 2002)

No. 70

Alberta's Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises & Their Export Activity 
(S. Stephen Janzen, Stuart E. Shaw & R. Jean Frost; May 2002)

No. 69

Alberta Tariff Reduction and Elimination Priorities 
(Jeremy Herbert; October 2002)

No. 68

Taking Stock After the First Year: Performance Evaluation of the Greater Edmonton Competitiveness Strategy 
(Dr. Rolf Mirus & Jean Frost; February 2002)

No. 67

An Examination of Alberta's Exports of Manufactured Products 1995-2000 
(Ronald Volpi; December 2001)

No. 66

Alberta Tariff Reduction and Elimination Priorities: 2001 
(Ronald Volpi; November 2001)

No. 65

The Alberta and Western Canada Export Experience Under the FTAs: 1988-2000) 
(Alison Jeffrey)

No. 64

Alberta's Non-NAFTA Hemispheric Tariff Reduction and Elimination Priorities
(Alison Jeffrey; March 2001)

No. 63

A Portrait of Small Business Growth and Employment in Western Canada
(Edward J. Chambers & Nataliya L. Rylska; August 2001)

No. 62

Alberta Tariff Reduction and Elimination Priorities: 2000 
(Xiujuan Hou; January 2001)

No. 61

Alberta Tariff Reduction and Elimination Priorities: 1999 Supplement 
(Xiujuan Hou & Lifeng Geng; November 2000)

No. 60

Small Business Growth and Change in Western Canada: 1988-1999 
(Edward J. Chambers & Nataliya L. Rylska; August 2001)

No. 59

The Alberta and Western Canada Export Experience Under the FTA: 1988-1999 
(Edward J. Chambers & Nataliya L. Rylska; December 2000)

No. 58

Alberta Non-Tariff Trade Barriers Study: 2000
(S. Stephen Janzen & Jean Frost; November 2000)

No. 56

Modern Asset Pricing and Project Evaluation in the Energy Industry 
(David G. Laughton, Jacob S. Sagi, and Michael R. Samis; September 2000)

No. 55

NAFTA and the Economic Impact on Western Canada 
(Edward J. Chambers; December 1999)

No. 54

Alberta: Evaluating a Decade's Experience with the Canada-U.S. FTA 
(Edward J. Chambers, Dr. Rolf Mirus & Barry Scholnick with S. Stephen Janzen & Nataliya L. Rylska; October 1999)

No. 53

Employment Variability in Three Western Provinces: Is There More Stability? 
(Edward J. Chambers; March 1999)

No. 52

New Indexes for Tracking the Alberta and British Columbia Economies 
(Edward J. Chambers; December 1998)

No. 51

Alberta's Labor Force and Employment Structure Over the Last Quarter Century: Assessing the Changes
(Edward J. Chambers; December 1998)

No. 50

The Rural Renaissance in Alberta: Some Empirical Evidence 
(Edward J. Chambers & Mae Deans; May 1998)

No. 49

The Alberta and Western Canada Export Experience Under the FTAs: 1988-1997
(Edward J. Chambers & S. Stephen Janzen; May 1998)

No. 48

The Comparative Costs of Governing Alberta's Metropolitan Areas 
(James Lightbody; January 1998)

No. 47

Communications Technology and the Business Service Sector: A Renaissance for Alberta's Communities? 
(Mae Deans & Edward J. Chambers; December 1997)

No. 46

The Alberta and Western Canadian Export Experience Under the FTAs: 1988-1996
(S. Stephen Janzen & Edward J. Chambers; June 1997)

No. 45

Competitive Advantages and the Alberta Treasury Branches
(Randy Otto & Glen Mumey; March 1997)

No. 44

The Alberta Economy: 1997 Outlook and Strategic Options 
(Edward J. Chambers & Allan Warrack; February 1997)

No. 43

The Impact of Sales Tax Harmonization on the Alberta Economy and Its Taxpayers 
(Karen Davis; December 1996)

No. 42

The Market Position of Selected Western Canadian Commodity Exports to the Republic of Korea 
(Edward J. Chambers & S. Stephen Janzen; October 1996)

No. 41

The Crisis of the Mexican Banking System 
(Isaac Katz; October 1996)

No. 40

The Mexican Economy on the Way to Recovery? 
(Isaac Katz; October 1996)

No. 39

Alberta and Western Canada Exports for the First Half of 1995/1996: An Update and Comparison 
(S. Stephen Janzen; October 1996)

No. 38

Alberta, Western Canada and the FTA/NAFTA: 1988-1995 
(S. Stephen Janzen & Edward J. Chambers; June 1996)

No. 37

Leading the Way or Missing the Mark? The Klein Government's Fiscal Plan
(Melville L. McMillan; February 1996)

No. 36

The Economic Impact of the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund on the Consumption-Savings Decision of Albertans 
(Michael D. Hoffmann; February 1996)

No. 35

Privatization Case: Edmonton Telephones
(Allan A. Warrack; February 1996)

No. 34

The Alberta Heritage Fund in 1995
(Glen Mumey; November 1995)

No. 33

Reforming Fiscal Federalism for Global Competition (A Summary of the Conference Proceedings)
(November 1995)

No. 32

Competitiveness and Resource Taxation: A Case Study of the Oil Sands (Proceedings of the Symposium)
(Edward J. Chambers; October 1995)

No. 31

Building Business Partnerships: Mexico and Western Canada (Proceedings of the Conference)
(Edward J. Chambers; August 1995)

No. 30

Alberta, Western Canada and the FTA/NAFTA: 1988-1994
(Edward J. Chambers & S. Stephen Janzen; July 1995)

No. 29

Obtaining Citizens' Input for a New Canadian Constitution: An Application of Tradeoff Analysis
(Adam Finn & Jordan Louviere; February 1995)

No. 28A

Labor Market Experience of Immigrants to Alberta: A Panel Approach
(David Waldron & Edward J. Chambers; July 1995)

No. 28

Alberta's Fiscal Update: One-Track (Thinking) Towards Deficit Reduction
(Melville L. McMillan & Allan A. Warrack; February 1995)

No. 27

The 1994 Stumpage Price Increases in British Columbia Forests: Impacts on the Coastal and Interior Regions of the Province
(J.R.R. Alavalapati & Michael Percy; January 1995)

No. 26

The Alberta Heritage Fund in 1994
(Glen Mumey; November 1994)

No. 25

Assessing the Impact of a Carbon Tax on the Alberta Economy
(Michael Percy & Ayla Ogus; November 1994)

No. 24

Visioning the New Economy in the Rocky Mountain West: A Summary of the Conference
(Edward J. Chambers; August 1994)

No. 23

Do We Need Taxes on Personal Wealth? A Historical and International Perspective
(Roger S. Smith; July 1994)

No. 22

Edmonton's Producer Service Complex
(Wieslaw Z. Michalak & Kenneth J. Fairbairn; July 1994)

No. 21

Western Canada and the Canada-US FTA: 1988-1993
(Edward J. Chambers & S. Stephen Janzen; May 1994)

No. 20

The Alberta Heritage Fund in 1993
(Glen Mumey; January 1994)

No. 19

An Overview of Canadian Fiscal Federalism: Current Issues and Prospects for Reform
(Paul Boothe & Bradford Reid; December 1993)

No. 18

Comments on Canada's Underground Economy
(Roger S. Smith; December 1993)

No. 17

Manufacturing Networks: For the Competitiveness of Alberta Manufacturing Industries
(Kevin Cameron; November 1993)

No. 16

Mega Project Decision Making: Lessons and Strategies 
(Allan Warrack; November 1993)

No. 15

Western Canada and the Canada-US FTA: 1988-1992 
(Edward J. Chambers; April 1993)

No. 14

Alberta's Fiscal Situation: Identifying the Problem, Looking for Solutions
(Mel MacMillan & Allan Warrack; April 1993)

No. 13

Sustainable Fiscal Policy in Alberta: A Summary 
(Bev Dahlby; March 1993)

No. 12

Capital Budgeting in the Public Sector: Lessons from Alberta's History 
(Paul Boothe; March 1993)

No. 11

The Alberta Heritage Fund in 1992 
(Glen Mumey; January 1993)

No. 10

Western Canada and the FTA
(Edward J. Chambers; January 1993)

No. 9

Crisis in the Canadian Airline Industry: Deregulation, Consolidation and the Implications for Western Canada
(G.B. Reschenthaler; August 1992)

No. 8

Response to the Government of Alberta Document: Looking Toward 2000
(November 1991)

No. 7

The Alberta Heritage Fund in 1991
(Glen Mumey; out of print)

No. 6

North American Free Trade Negotiations: An Alberta Perspective
(Robert Fox; October 1991)

No. 5

The Labor Market Activity Survey: A New Perspective on Flux in the Labor Market
(Richard Shillington; September 1991)

No. 4

The Alberta Heritage Fund in 1990
(Glen Mumey; May 1991)

No. 3

An Empirical Analysis of Retail Chains and Shopping Centre Similarity in Calgary and Edmonton
(Douglas S. West; May 1991)

No. 2

Indexes of Effective Exchange Rates for Western Canada
(Edward J. Chambers; April 1991)

No. 1

Spending and Taxing: The Recent Record of Western Canadian Provincial Governments
(Roger S. Smith; November 1990)

Book-length Publications

NAFTA in the New Millennium (University of Alberta Press)