TY - BOOK AU - Bayoumi, Tamim., ed. AU - Klyuev, Vladimir., ed. AU - Muhleisen, Martin., ed. TI - Northern star: Canada's path to economic prosperity SN - 9781589066144 U1 - 338.9 PY - 2007/// CY - Washington PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Canada KW - Monetary policy KW - Fiscal policy KW - Economic history KW - Economic policy N1 - Introduction / Vladimir Klyuev -- Factoring in Canadian cycles / Alejandro Justiniano -- Energy, the exchange rate, and the economy / Tamim Bayoumi and Martin Mühleisen -- Canada and the United States. Regional dimensions of the Canadian economy / Vladimir Klyuev and Rodolfo Luzio -- Canada-United States productivity gap / Roberto Cardarelli -- Effects of U.S. shocks / Iryna V. Ivaschenko and Andrew Swiston -- Budget forecasting / Martin Mühleisen [and others] -- Pension system / Martin Mühleisen -- Fiscal prudence and tax reduction opportunities. Jam today or more jam tomorrow? The timing of tax cuts / Tamim Bayoumi and Dennis Botman -- Comparing efficiency gains from reducing the GST and the personal income tax / Dennis Botman -- Disintermediation and monetary transmission / Joreg E. Roldos -- Inflation targeting and macroeconomic volatility / Tamim Bayoumi and Vladimir Klyuev -- Competition in the banking system / Iryna V. Ivaschenko -- Large banking groups and financial system soundness / Gianni De Nicolò, Alexander Tieman, and Robert Corker ER -