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by members of

Institute for Public Economics
Department of Economics
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada

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Working papers

2021

  1. McMillan, Melville, 2021. "Should Canada’s Capital Gains Taxes be Increased or Reformed?," Working Papers 2021-6, University of Alberta, Department of Economics.

2019

  1. Bev Dalhby & Melville McMillan, 2019. "The Right Tax for the Job: The Role of Property Taxes in Funding Cities," IMFG Perspectives 24, University of Toronto, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance.

2018

  1. McMillan, Melville L., 2018. "“Causes of Sprawl”: A (Further) Public Finance Extension," Working Papers 2018-4, University of Alberta, Department of Economics.

2014

  1. Lester C Hunt & David L Ryan, 2014. "Economic Modelling of Energy Services: Rectifying Misspecified Energy Demand Functions," Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), School of Economics Discussion Papers (SEEDS) 147, Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), School of Economics, University of Surrey.
  2. Lester C Hunt & David L Ryan, 2014. "Catching on the Rebound: Why Price Elasticities are Generally Inappropriate Measures of Rebound Effects," Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), School of Economics Discussion Papers (SEEDS) 148, Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), School of Economics, University of Surrey.

2009

  1. Gubanova, Tatiana & Adamowicz, Wiktor L. & McMillan, Melville, 2009. "‘Pocket and Pot’: Hypothetical Bias in a No-Free-Riding Public Contribution Game," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 49318, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  2. Dahlby, Bev & Rodden, Jonathan & Wilson, Sam, 2009. "A Median Voter Model of the Vertical Fiscal Gap," Working Papers 2009-14, University of Alberta, Department of Economics.

2008

  1. Edward C. LeSage Jr. & Melville L. McMillan, 2008. "Alberta: Municipal System Overview," Information Bulletins 1110, Western Centre for Economic Research.

2005

  1. Peter C. Boxall, Wing H. Chan, and Melville L. McMillan, 2005. "The Impact of Oil and Natural Gas Facilities on Rural Residential Property," Working Papers eg0039, Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Economics, revised 2005.
  2. M.L. McMillan, W. Chan, 2005. "University Efficiency: A Comparison of Results from Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Methods," Working Papers eg0040, Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Economics, revised 2005.

2001

  1. Wilson, L.S., 2001. "The Canadian Health Care System: Lessons for Malaysia," Working Papers 25, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy.

1996

  1. Wilson, L-S, 1996. "Federal-State Fiscal Arrangements in Malaysia," Working Papers 07, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy.

1995

  1. Ryan, D.L. & Plourde, A. & Wang, Y., 1995. "Inter-Fuel Sustitution, Capital Equipment, and Asymmetric Price Responses of Residential Energy Demand," Working Papers 9502e, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.

1993

  1. Plourde, A. & Ryan, D.L., 1993. "Government Policy and Access to Natural Gas Service in Canada," Working Papers 9320e, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.

1975

  1. McMillan, Melville & Carlson, Richard, 1975. "The Effects of Property Taxes and Local Public Services Upon Residential Property Values in Small Wisconsin Cities," 1975 Annual Meeting, August 10-13, Columbus, Ohio 284482, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

Journal articles

2022

  1. Bev Dahlby & Melville McMillan, 2022. "Provincial Transfers and Financing Municipal Infrastructure in Alberta," SPP Research Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 15(26), September.

2019

  1. Melville McMillan, 2019. "Provincial Public Infrastructure Spending and Financing in Alberta: Searching for a Better Course," SPP Research Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 12(10), March.

2018

  1. Melville McMillan, 2018. "Has the City-Rural Tax Base and Land-Use Balance Changed in Alberta? Explorations into the Distribution of Equalized Property Assessments Among Municipality Classes," SPP Research Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 11(6), February.

2017

  1. Bev Dahlby & Melville McMillan & Mukesh Khanal, 2017. "Taxing Feedlots in Alberta: Lethbridge County's Tax on Confined Feeding Operations," SPP Research Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 10(27), November.

2016

  1. Brian W. Conger & Bev G. Dahlby & Melville L. McMillan, 2016. "Municipal Revenue Generation and Development in the Calgary and Edmonton Metropolitan Regions," SPP Research Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 9(39), December.
  2. Melville L. McMillan, 2016. "Municipal Revenue Generation and Sprawl: Implications for the Calgary and Edmonton Metropolitan Regions Derived from an Extension of "Causes of Sprawl"," SPP Technical Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 9(40), December.

2015

  1. Hunt, Lester C. & Ryan, David L., 2015. "Economic modelling of energy services: Rectifying misspecified energy demand functions," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 273-285.

2014

  1. Melville McMillan & Bev Dahlby, 2014. "Do Local Governments Need Alternative Sources of Tax Revenue? An Assessment of the Options for Alberta Cities," SPP Research Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 7(26), September.
  2. Melville McMillan & Bev Dahlby, 2014. "Do Municipal Governments Need More Tax Powers? A Background Paper on Municipal Finance in Alberta," SPP Research Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 7(33), November.

2013

  1. David L. Ryan & Junaid Bin Jahangir, 2013. "Are There Realistic Possibilities for a Higher "Batting" Average? On Improving Residential Energy Efficiency in Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 39(s2), pages 125-142, August.

2006

  1. Stuart Landon & Melville L. McMillan & Vijay Muralidharan & Mark Parsons, 2006. "Does Health-Care Spending Crowd Out Other Provincial Government Expenditures?," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 32(2), pages 121-142, June.
  2. Melville McMillan & Wing Chan, 2006. "University Efficiency: A Comparison and Consolidation of Results from Stochastic and Non-stochastic Methods," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(1), pages 1-30.

2005

  1. Boxall, Peter C. & Chan, Wing H. & McMillan, Melville L., 2005. "The impact of oil and natural gas facilities on rural residential property values: a spatial hedonic analysis," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 248-269, October.

2003

  1. L. S. Wilson, 2003. "Equalization, Efficiency and Migration: Watson Revisited," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 29(4), pages 385-395, December.
  2. Dahlby, Bev & Wilson, Leonard S., 2003. "Vertical fiscal externalities in a federation," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(5-6), pages 917-930, May.

2002

  1. Ryan, David L. & Plourde, Andre, 2002. "Smaller and smaller? The price responsiveness of nontransport oil demand," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 42(2), pages 285-317.

2000

  1. Ryan, David L. & Wales, Terence J., 2000. "Imposing local concavity in the translog and generalized Leontief cost functions," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 67(3), pages 253-260, June.

1999

  1. David L. Ryan & Terence J. Wales, 1999. "Flexible And Semiflexible Consumer Demands With Quadratic Engel Curves," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 81(2), pages 277-287, May.

1998

  1. Melville L. McMillan & Debasish Datta, 1998. "The Relative Efficiencies of Canadian Universities: A DEA Perspective," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 24(4), pages 485-511, December.
  2. David L. Ryan & Stuart Landon, 1998. "The Political Costs of Tax Reform: A Canadian Perspective," Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics, vol. 5(1), pages 37-48.
  3. Ryan, David L & Wales, Terence J, 1998. "A Simple Method for Imposing Local Curvature in Some Flexible Consumer-Demand Systems," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 16(3), pages 331-338, July.

1997

  1. Stuart Landon & David L. Ryan, 1997. "The Political Costs of Taxes and Government Spending," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 30(1), pages 85-111, February.

1996

  1. David L. Ryan & Yu Wang & Andre Plourde, 1996. "Asymmetric Price Responses of Residential Energy Demand in Ontario," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 29(s1), pages 317-323, April.
  2. Young, Denise & Ryan, David L., 1996. "Empirical testing of a risk-adjusted Hotelling model," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 18(3), pages 265-289, October.

1995

  1. André Plourde & David L. Ryan, 1995. "Government Policy and Access to Natural Gas Service in Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 21(3), pages 304-316, September.

1994

  1. B. Dahlby & L. S. Wilson, 1994. "Fiscal Capacity, Tax Effort, and Optimal Equalization Grants," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 27(3), pages 657-672, August.

1993

  1. McGreer Edward & McMillan Melville L., 1993. "Public Output Demands from Alternative Congestion Functions," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 95-114, January.
  2. L. S. Wilson, 1993. "Regional Employment Subsidies and Migration," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 26(2), pages 366-379, May.

1992

  1. David L. Ryan & Guy A. Bridgeman, 1992. "Judging the Roles of Legislation, Education and Offsetting Behaviour in Seat Belt Use: A Survey and New Evidence from Alberta," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 18(1), pages 27-46, March.
  2. Ryan, David L., 1992. "The timber bubble that burst: Government policy and the bailout of 1984 : Joe P. Mattey, (Oxford University Press, New York, 1990), pp. viii+109, $29.95 (cloth)," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 254-258, October.
  3. Wilson, L. S., 1992. "The Harambee movement and efficient public good provision in Kenya," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(1), pages 1-19, June.

1991

  1. Melville L. McMillan & Joe Amoako-Tuffour, 1991. "Demands for Local Public Sector Outputs in Rural and Urban Municipalities," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 73(2), pages 313-325.
  2. Peter C. Coyte & David L. Ryan, 1991. "Subscribe, Cancel, or Renew: The Econometrics of Reading by Subscription," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 24(1), pages 101-123, February.

1990

  1. Ryan, David L. & Von Hohenbalken, Balder & West, Douglas S., 1990. "An econometric-spatial analysis of the growth and decline of shopping centers," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 313-326, November.

1989

  1. McMillan, Melville L., 1989. "On measuring congestion of local public goods," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 131-137, September.
  2. Livernois, John R & Ryan, David L, 1989. "Testing for Non-jointness in Oil and Gas Exploration: A Variable Profit Function Approach," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 30(2), pages 479-504, May.

1988

  1. McMillan, Melville L & Amoako-Tuffour, Joe, 1988. "An Examination of Preferences for Local Public Sector Outputs," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 70(1), pages 45-54, February.

1985

  1. Melville L. McMillan, 1985. "Western Transition: The Economic Future of the West: Introduction," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 11(s1), pages 268-282, July.
  2. Melville L. McMillan, 1985. "L'Ouest en Transition: L'Avenir Économique de l'Ouest Canadien: Introduction," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 11(s1), pages 275-282, July.
  3. Taher, M. A. & McMillan, M. L. & Buse, A., 1985. "Canadian manufacturing : The impacts of natural resource price increases on input demands and costs," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 11(1), pages 17-24, March.
  4. Taher, M. A. & McMillan, M. L. & Buse, A. & Gillen, D. W., 1985. "Renewable and non-renewable resource demand in Canadian manufacturing industries," Resources and Energy, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 217-239, June.
  5. Andre Plourde & David Ryan, 1985. "On the Use of Double-Log Forms in Energy Demand Analysis," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 4), pages 105-113.
  6. L. S. Wilson, 1985. "The Socialization of Medical Insurance in Canada," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 18(2), pages 355-376, May.

1984

  1. Taher, M. A. & McMillan, M. L., 1984. "Production relationships in selected canadian manufacturing industries with disaggregated material inputs," Resources and Energy, Elsevier, vol. 6(4), pages 373-396, December.

1983

  1. Melville McMillan, 1983. "A further consideration of coalitions under the demand-revealing process," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 40(2), pages 227-230, January.
  2. Wilson, L. S. & Katz, Michael L., 1983. "The socialization of commodities," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 347-356, April.

1982

  1. Ryan, D L & Wales, T J & Woodland, A D, 1982. "Engel Curves for Meat Consumption in Australia," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(38), pages 106-122, June.
  2. Kenneth H. Norrie & M. B. Percy & L. S. Wilson, 1982. "Financing Confederation: Principles and Practices of Equalization," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 8(3), pages 290-293, Summer.
  3. Kenneth H. Norrie & M. B. Percy & L. S. Wilson, 1982. "Financing Confederation: Rejoinder," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 8(4), pages 623-625, Autumn.

1981

  1. Melville L. McMillan & W. Robert Wilson & Louise M. Arthur, 1981. "The Publicness of Local Public Goods: Evidence from Ontario Municipalities," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 14(4), pages 596-608, November.

1980

  1. Melville L. McMillan & Kenneth H. Norrie, 1980. "Province-Building vs. a Rentier Society," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 6(s1), pages 213-220, February.
  2. Melville L. McMillan & Bradford G. Reid & David W. Gillen, 1980. "An Extension of the Hedonic Approach for Estimating the Value of Quiet," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 56(3), pages 315-328.

1979

  1. Melville L. McMillan, 1979. "A Residential Interest Deduction as a Potential Approach to Taxing Imputed Rent," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 5(2), pages 195-205, Spring.
  2. Wilson, L S, 1979. "The Incidence of Subsidies to the Nationalized Fuel Industries, 1970-1975," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 26(3), pages 261-273, November.

1978

  1. Melville L. McMillan, 1978. "Downing, Paul B., ed. Local Public Service Pricing Policies and Their Effect on Urban Spatial Structure. Vancouver, Canada: British Columbia Institute for Economic Policy Analysis, University of Briti," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 60(1), pages 154-155.

1977

  1. Melville McMillan & Richard Carlson, 1977. "The Effects of Property Taxes and Local Public Services upon Residential Property Values in Small Wisconsin Cities," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 59(1), pages 81-87.
  2. Wilson, Leonard S., 1977. "The interaction of equity and efficiency factors in optimal pricing rules," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 351-363, June.

1976

  1. McMillan, Melville, 1976. "Criteria for jurisdictional design : Issues in defining the scope and structure of river basin authorities and other public decision-making bodies," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 3(1), pages 46-68, June.

1975

  1. Melville L. McMillan, 1975. "Toward the More Optimal Provision of Local Public Goods: Internalization of Benefits or Intergovernmental Grants?," Public Finance Review, , vol. 3(3), pages 229-260, July.
  2. Melville McMillan, 1975. "Economic Rules for Planners: A Reconsideration," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 12(3), pages 329-333, October.
  3. Melville McMillan, 1975. ""Measuring Benefits Generated by Urban Water Parks": Comment," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 51(4), pages 379-381.
  4. Melville McMillan, 1975. ""Open Space Preservation in Developing Areas: An Alternative Policy": Reply," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 51(4), pages 385-393.

1974

  1. Wilson, Leonard S, 1974. "Two Aspects of the Payment of Interest on Money," The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, University of Manchester, vol. 42(3), pages 283-289, September.

1973

  1. Melville McMillan & Robert Ross & Paul Portney & Eugene Swimmer, 1973. "Reviews," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 155-165, March.

Books

2020

  1. Brian Dollery & Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2020. "Local Public, Fiscal and Financial Governance," Springer Books, Springer, number 978-3-030-36725-1, June.

2019

  1. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Local Public Finance and Economics," Springer Books, Springer, number 978-3-030-21986-4, June.

Chapters

2019

  1. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Local Public Finance and Economics: Theory and the Practice—Introduction and Overview," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 1-37, Springer.
  2. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Local Income, Sales, and Environmental Taxes," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 331-361, Springer.
  3. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Charges and User Fees," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 363-403, Springer.
  4. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: Principles," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 405-439, Springer.
  5. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Higher-Order Fiscal Transfers to Local Governments: An Overview of Worldwide Practices," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 441-469, Springer.
  6. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Higher-Order Government Financing of Metropolitan Areas," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 471-503, Springer.
  7. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Expenditure and Revenue Assignment: Principles," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 39-80, Springer.
  8. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Expenditure and Revenue Assignment: Practices," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 81-126, Springer.
  9. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Structural Design," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 127-156, Springer.
  10. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Expenditures and Service Delivery: Core Services and Regulation," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 157-179, Springer.
  11. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Expenditures and Service Delivery: Social Services," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 181-205, Springer.
  12. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Provision and Finance of Infrastructure," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 207-251, Springer.
  13. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Local Taxation," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 253-283, Springer.
  14. Harry Kitchen & Melville McMillan & Anwar Shah, 2019. "Property Taxation: Principles," Springer Books, in: Local Public Finance and Economics, chapter 0, pages 285-329, Springer.

2009

  1. David L. Ryan & Denise Young, 2009. "Modelling Energy Savings and Environmental Benefits from Energy Policies and New Technologies," Chapters, in: Joanne Evans & Lester C. Hunt (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Energy, chapter 10, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. David L. Ryan & André Plourde, 2009. "Empirical Modelling of Energy Demand," Chapters, in: Joanne Evans & Lester C. Hunt (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Energy, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.

2007

  1. David L. Ryan & Andre Plourde, 2007. "A Systems Approach to Modelling Asymmetric Demand Responses to Energy Price Changes," International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics, in: Functional Structure Inference, pages 183-224, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

1981

  1. Melville L. McMillan, 1981. "Estimates of Households Preferences for Environmental Quality and Other Housing Characteristics From a System of Demand Equations," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Steinar Strøm (ed.), Measurement in Public Choice, pages 33-46, Palgrave Macmillan.

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