ECON 418
Canadian Economic Development
Winter 2024
Topics
- Introduction to class
- Crash course on pre-WWI Canadian History
- Indigenous Economies
- Colonialism
- Natural Resources
- Infant Industries and Trade Policy
- Infrastructure
- Migration
Readings
- Introduction and Chapter 1 of: Ray, Arthur J. Illustrated history of Canada's native people: I have lived here since the world began. McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 2016
- Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson. "Reversal of fortune: Geography and institutions in the making of the modern world income distribution." The Quarterly journal of economics 117, no. 4 (2002): 1231-1294
- Ann, Carlos M., and Lewis D. Frank. "Native-European Interactions in North America and the Trade in Furs." In The World of Colonial America, pp. 339-354. Routledge, 2017
- Watkins, Melville H. "A staple theory of economic growth." Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science 29, no. 2 (1963): 141-158
- Redish, Angela. "Treaty of Paris vs. Treaty of Niagara: Rethinking Canadian economic history in the 21st century." Canadian Journal of Economics 52, no. 4 (2019): 1325-1348
- ISBN 1100100028574
- ISBN 1100100028710
- Beaulieu, Eugene, and Jevan Cherniwchan. "Tariff structure, trade expansion, and Canadian protectionism, 1870–1910." Canadian Journal of Economics (2014): 144-172
- Alexander, Patrick D., and Ian Keay. "A general equilibrium analysis of Canada’s national
Winter 2023
Topics
- Introduction to class
- Crash course on pre-WWI Canadian History
- Indigenous Economies
- Colonialism
- Natural Resources
- Infant Industries and Trade Policy
- Infrastructure
- Migration
Readings
- Introduction and Chapter 1 of: Ray, Arthur J. Illustrated history of Canada's native people: I have lived here since the world began. McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 2016
- Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson. "Reversal of fortune: Geography and institutions in the making of the modern world income distribution." The Quarterly journal of economics 117, no. 4 (2002): 1231-1294
- Watkins, Melville H. "A staple theory of economic growth." Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science 29, no. 2 (1963): 141-158
- Redish, Angela. "Treaty of Paris vs. Treaty of Niagara: Rethinking Canadian economic history in the 21st century." Canadian Journal of Economics 52, no. 4 (2019): 1325-1348
- ISBN 1100100028574
- ISBN 1100100028710
- Beaulieu, Eugene, and Jevan Cherniwchan. "Tariff structure, trade expansion, and Canadian protectionism, 1870–1910." Canadian Journal of Economics (2014): 144-172
- Alexander, Patrick D., and Ian Keay. "A general equilibrium analysis of Canada’s national
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- 2015-Winter-ECON-418-LECTURE-B1 ↗2015
- 2017-Winter-ECON-418-LECTURE-B1 ↗2017
- 2023-Winter-ECON-418-LECTURE-B1 ↗2023
- 2024-Winter-ECON-418-LECTURE-B1 ↗2024
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- No textbook required according to this source. Partial automated extraction.