01 November 2023
Quebec and eco-taxation : Research results and experience sharing
There are significant costs to governments in addressing and adapting to climate change. Changes in economic conditions over the past two years have created an uncertain environment that complicates decision-making and contributes to increasing the bill every day for future generations. While...
30 October 2023
Geographic mobility and intergenerational transmission of income in Quebec
Despite initiatives to promote equality of opportunity, the reproduction of inequalities from generation to generation has worsened in Quebec in recent decades. On Monday October 30, Marie Connolly, Xavier St-Denis and Yacine Boujija presented the analyses and results of a recent CIRANO...
27 October 2023
2023 Montreal CIRANO-CIREQ Workshop on Markets with Frictions
This workshop was organized by Nicolas Gendron-Carrier (McGill University, CIRANO, CIREQ, IZA), Fabian Lange (McGill University, CIRANO, CIREQ, IZA, NBER), Markus Poschke (McGill University, CIRANO, CIREQ, IZA) and Fernando Saltiel (McGill University, CIREQ,...
26 October 2023
Confidence and economic activity: Impact analysis on the Canadian economy
For over a year now, various surveys have been reporting that Canadian businesses and consumers are rather pessimistic about the economic situation. Assessing the extent to which this wave of pessimism may be causing an economic slowdown presents a methodological challenge.
At this seminar,...