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ECON 418

Canadian Economic Development

3 units

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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Watkins, Melville H. "A staple theory of economic growth." Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science 29, no. 2 (1963): 141-158
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  • 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
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    ISBN 1100100028574
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    ISBN 1100100028710
  • Beaulieu, Eugene, and Jevan Cherniwchan. "Tariff structure, trade expansion, and Canadian protectionism, 1870–1910." Canadian Journal of Economics (2014): 144-172
    unspecified
  • Alexander, Patrick D., and Ian Keay. "A general equilibrium analysis of Canada’s national
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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
    unspecified
  • 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
    unspecified
  • Watkins, Melville H. "A staple theory of economic growth." Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science 29, no. 2 (1963): 141-158
    unspecified
  • 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
    unspecified
  • unspecified
    ISBN 1100100028574
  • unspecified
    ISBN 1100100028710
  • Beaulieu, Eugene, and Jevan Cherniwchan. "Tariff structure, trade expansion, and Canadian protectionism, 1870–1910." Canadian Journal of Economics (2014): 144-172
    unspecified
  • Alexander, Patrick D., and Ian Keay. "A general equilibrium analysis of Canada’s national
    unspecified
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