| Description |
1 online resource (400 pages) |
| Series |
National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report |
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National Bureau of Economic Research project report
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| Contents |
Canada-U.S. Tax Comparisons; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Pressures for the Harmonization of Income Taxation between Canada and the United States; 2. Canada-U.S. Free Trade and Pressures for Tax Coordination; 3. Income Security via the Tax System: Canadian and American Reforms; 4. Tax Incidence: Annual and Lifetime Perspectives in the United States and Canada; 5. Tax Effects on the Cost of Capital; 6. The Cost of Capital in Canada, the United States, and Japan; 7. The Impact of U.S. Tax Reform on Canadian Stock Prices; 8. Tax Aspects of Policy toward Aging Populations |
| Summary |
In the increasingly global economy, domestic tax policies have taken on a new importance for international economics. This unique volume compares the tax reform experiences of Canada and the United States, two countries with the world's largest bilateral flow of trade and investment. With the signing of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the tax reforms of the 1980s, there has been some harmonization of tax systems. But geographic, cultural, and political characteristics shape distinct national social policies that may impede harmonization. As the U.S. and Canadian economies become even |
| Analysis |
domestic tax policies, global economy, international economics, reform, canada, united states, investment, free trade agreement, income distribution, wealth gap, economic growth, corporations, sales taxes, social security, revenue, capital, taxation, harmonization, stock prices, policy, aging, retirement, housing markets, nonfiction, government |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Taxation -- Canada
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Taxation -- United States.
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Taxation
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Canada
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Whalley, John
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| ISBN |
9780226754826 |
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0226754820 |
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1281224030 |
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9781281224033 |
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