PUBLICATIONS (Refereed):

“Newfoundland’s Electricity Options: Making the Right Choice Requires an Efficient Pricing Regime,” C. D. Howe Institute e-brief, January 11, 2012.

“Smallwood, Churchill Falls, and the Power Corridor through Quebec,” Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region, XL, no.2, pp112-127, Summer/Autumn 2011.

“Capital-tax financing and scale economies in public input production,” Regional Science and Urban Economics, 40, Elsevier Publications, pp.116-121, May 2010.

"The Empirical Impact of Public Infrastructure on the Japanese Economy," Japanese Economic Review, 59, pp.419-437, December 2008 (with C. Annala and R. Batina).

"Labor and Capital Taxation with Public Inputs as Common Property," Public Finance Review, 35, pp.626-642, September 2007,  (with R. Batina)

"The Origins of a Coming Crisis: Renewal of the Churchill Falls Contract," Dalhousie Law Journal, 30, pp.207-257, Spring 2007 (with M. Baker)

"Contributions to International Public Goods and the Notion of Country Size,"  FinanzArchiv, December 2003 (with Ratna Shrestha).

"Cigarette Smoking and the Cost of Hospital and Physician Care," Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques, Vol. XXIX, No.1, pp.1-20, March 2003  (with Glenn Harrison, Alison Edwards and Jorge Segovia).... awarded the Vanderkamp Prize by the Canadian Economics Association.

"Distortionary Taxation and Optimal Public Spending on Productive Activities," Economic Enquiry, January 2002 (with Mutsumi Matsumoto).

"Public Investment, Benefit Taxation and Lindahl Pricing: The Case of Factor-augmenting Public Inputs," Canadian Journal of Economics, 33, pp.114-121, February 2000 (with Mutsumi Matsumoto).

"Public Investment: Optimal Provision of Hicksian Public Inputs," Canadian Journal of Economics, 3, pp.693-707, August 1998.

"Trade Liberalization, Economic Integration and National Public Goods," International Economic Journal, 10, pp.51-63, Summer 1996.

"The Terms of Trade and Public Goods," Journal of Economic Integration, 11, pp.114-129, March 1996.

"Atlantic Provinces Economic Union", Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques, 19, pp.133-144, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, June 1993.

"The Optimal Revenue Tariff for Public Input Provision", Journal of Development Economics, 38, pp.221-231: North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1992.

"Multiplier Effects and Government Assistance to Energy Megaprojects: An Application to Hibernia," Energy Studies Review, 5, pp.1-13, McMaster Institute for Energy Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 1993 (with W. Locke).

"A Simple Model for Merit Good Arguments: A Comment", Journal of Public Economics, 43, pp.127-129: North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1991.

"Pareto Efficiency with Three Varieties of Public Input", Public Finance/Finances Publiques, 44, pp.237-248: Public Finance Publishers, The Hague, Netherlands, 1989.

"Efficient Tariff Financing of Public Goods", Journal of International Economics, 25, pp.155-164: North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, September 1988.

"Provincial Government Taxation of Clothing and Footwear: Revenue and Equity Aspects," Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques, 11, pp.26-39: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, March, 1985.

"The Regressivity of Newfoundland's Consumption Tax Structure 1974-1982," Canadian Tax Journal, 32, pp.293-309: Canadian Tax Foundation, Toronto, March/April, 1984, (with W.E. Schrank).

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

Navigating the Lower Churchill’s Hydroelectric Megaprojects, in Kerby, Matthew and Alex Marland, editors, Masters of our own Destiny: Politics and Public Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador in the Danny Williams Era, (McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal), forthcoming.

“Natural Resource Devolution in the Territories: Current Status and Unresolved Issues, in Frances Abele, Thomas J. Courchene, F. Leslie Siedle and France St-Hilare, editors, Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects for Canada’s North, (Institute for Research in Public Policy: Montreal), forthcoming in 2009.

“Equalization 2007: Natural Resources, the Cap, and the Offset Payment Agreements” in John Allan, Thomas J. Courchene and Christian Leuprecht, editors, Canada: The State of the Federation 2006/07 - Transitions: Fiscal and Political Federalism in an Era of Change (McGill-Queen’s University Press: Montreal and Kingston), 2008.

“The Evolution of Municipal Governance in Newfoundland and Labrador” (with Jeffery Braun-Jackson, Ronald Penney, and Stephen G. Tomblin) in Andrew Sancton and Robert Young, editors, Municipal Governance in Canada, (University of Toronto Press: Toronto) forthcoming in 2009.

“Territorial Formula Financing” in P. Boothe and F. Vaillancourt, editors, A Fine Canadian Compromise: Perspectives on the Report of the Expert Panel on Equalization and Territorial Funding Financing, Institute of Public Economics and CIRANO, 2007.

“Equalization and the Provinces’ Natural Resource Revenues: Partial Equalization Can Work Better,” in Harvey Lazar, editor, Canadian Fiscal Arrangements: What Works, What Might Work Better, (McGill and Queen’s University Press: Montreal and Kingston),  2005.

"The Federal Debt" in Susan Phillips, editor, How Ottawa Spends: 1995-96: Mid-Life Crisis, Chapter 2, pp. 31-58, Carleton University Press: Ottawa, June 1995.

"Cooperation among the Atlantic Provincial Governments: A Useful Tactic in an Atlantic Canada Strategy," Chapter 5, in Maurice Mandale and William Milne, editors, Atlantic Provinces Cooperation, Atlantic Provinces Economic Council: Halifax, 1996.

MONOGRAPHS:

"Federal Government Presence in Newfoundland and Labrador: Final Report," (with A. Coffin) The Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development, Memorial University of Newfoundland, August 2006.

The Economic Impact of Memorial University of Newfoundland: A Benefit-Cost Approach, ISER Report No.10 Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, December 1995.

Evaluation of the Cooperation Program: Final Report, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Government of Canada, February 1994.

REVIEW ARTICLES:

"Review: Charting a New Course: Towards the Fishery of the Future", Newfoundland Studies, Vol. 10, No.2, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, 1994.

"Review Article: Reports on the Newfoundland Fishery," Newfoundland Studies 8, pp.189-201, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Fall 1992.

REFEREEING SERVICE:

Canadian Journal of Economics,

Journal of International Economics,

Journal of Development Economics,

The Economic Journal,

Journal of Public Economics,

International Economic Review,

FinanzArchiv

Review of International Economics,

The Economic Record,

International Tax and Public Finance,

International Economic Journal,

Public Finance/Finances Publiques,

Journal of Economics,

Southern Economic Journal,

Journal of Economic Issues,

Queen's Law Review,

Canadian Public Policy,

Energy Studies Review,

Canadian Journal of Regional Science,

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

“Danny Williams goes out on top,” Policy Options, Vol. 32, pp.50-55, Institute for Research on Public Policy, February 2011.

“The Churchill Falls contract and why Newfoundlanders can’t get over it,”(with M. Baker) Policy Options, Vol.31, pp.65-70, Institute for Research on Public Policy, September, 2010.

"The Churchill Falls Contract: What Happened and What's to Come?" Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol.102, 2009

"Atlantica: An Idea too Strong to Die, Too Weak to Embrace," The Beacon, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies Quarterly Report, Vol. 2, pp.11-12. Halifax, Spring 1996, (Reprinted in the St. John Telegram Journal).

"Provincial Budget Figures" The Evening Telegram, St. John's, Nov. 21, 1995.

"The Development of the Hibernia Offshore Field: Panacea for a Depressed Regional Economy?" Energy, Exploration and Extraction, Multi-Science Publishing Co., Brentwood, England, 1994 (with W. Locke).

"Assessing Provincial Government Budgetary Policy: The 1993-94 Budget", I.S.E.R. Research and Policy Papers, No. 17, 44p., Institute for Social and Economic Research, Memorial University, June, 1993, (with W. Locke, S. Lynch, N. Roy and C.M. Wernerheim).

"The Provincial Economy Needs a Big Push," The Evening Telegram, St. John's, July 26, 1992.

"Assessing Provincial Government Budgetary Policy: The 1992-93 Budget", I.S.E.R. Research and Policy Papers, No. 14, 39p., Institute for Social and Economic Research, Memorial University, June, 1992, (with W. Locke, S. Lynch, N. Roy and C.M. Wernerheim).

"Learning from Studies of Newfoundland Economic Problems," Newfoundland Studies,7,pp.1-22, Memorial University, Spring 1991

"Assessing Provincial Government Budgetary Policy: The 1991-92 Budget", I.S.E.R. Research and Policy Papers, No. 13, 42p., Institute for Social and Economic Research, Memorial University, Sept., 1991, (with W. Locke, S. Lynch and C.M. Wernerheim).

"Spin-off Effects in Perspective: An Application to Hibernia" I.S.E.R. Research and Policy Papers, No. 9, 26p., Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University, October, 1988 (with W. Locke).

"Income Distribution in Newfoundland: A Lack of Disparity?" I.S.E.R. Research and Policy Paper, No. 5, 30p., Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University, January, 1987 (with G. Fardy).

Test Bank to Accompany Miller and Antler, Canadian Economics Today (Harper and Row: New York), 1986.

"Public Goods in a Small Open Economy: Lump-Sum Taxation Versus the Tariff for Revenue," Carleton Economic Papers, Department of Economics Working Paper, Carleton University, June, 1985.

"The Economics of Separatism," The Evening Telegram, St. John's, 1983

"The Deficit versus the Budget," The Evening Telegram, St. John's, November, 1982.