Paul Hobson

  Professor Emeritus

Office Location:
BAC 343
Phone:
(902) 585-1575
E-mail:
paul.hobson@acadiau.ca
 
Undergraduate:
York University, 1974
Master’s:
Queen’s University, Canada, 1976
PhD:
Queen’s University, Canada, 1982

Research Interests:

  • Public Finance
  • Fiscal Federalism

Current CV

  

Courses:

  • Principles of Microeconomics (Econ 1013)
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (Econ 1023)
  • Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I & II (Econ 3113 & 3123)
  • Empirical Analysis in Economics & Business (Econ 2613)
  • Mathematical Economics 1 (Econ3613)
  • Analysis of Economics & Business I (Econ 2613)
  • Economics of Financial Markets (Econ 3133)
  • Financial Institutions and Policy (Econ 3143)
  • Government Taxation and Expenditure in Canada (Econ 3413)
  • Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations (Econ 3423)
  • Advanced Microeconomic Theory (Econ 4033)
  • Economics and Entrepreneurship (Econ 3883)

 

Recent Books:

  • The 2009 Federal Budget: Challenge, Response and Retrospect (co-edited with Charles M. Beach and Bev Dahlby) (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010).
  • The 2000 Federal Budget: Retrospect and Prospect (co-edited with Thomas A. Wilson) (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001).
  • Equalization: Its Contribution to Canada’s Economic and Fiscal Progress (co-edited with Robin W. Boadway) (Montreal: Queen’s-McGill University Press, 1998).
  • Equalization: Its Contribution to Canada’s Economic and Fiscal Progress (co-edited with Robin W. Boadway) (Montreal: Queen’s-McGill University Press, 1998).

Recent Publications:

  • “Cost-Sharing and Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations” (with Tracy Snoddon) in Charles M. Beach, Bev Dahlby and Paul A. R. Hobson, The 2009 Federal Budget: Challenge, Response and Retrospect) (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010).
  • “Changes in Canada’s Major Federal-Provincial Transfer Programs: Implications for the Maritime Provinces” (with L. Wade Locke) in John R. Allan, Thomas J. Courchene and Christian Leuprecht,  Canada: The State of the Federation 2006/07: Transitions: Fiscal and Political Federalism in an Era of Change(Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2009).
  • “The Evolution of Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements: Putting Humpty Together Again” (with France St-Hilaire) in Harvey Lazar (ed.), Canada: The State of the Federation 1999/2000: Toward a New Mission Statement for Canadian Fiscal Federalism (Montreal: Queen’s-McGill University Press, 2000).
  • “Reforming Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations: An Assessment of Recent Proposals,” Canadian Journal of Regional Science, 1995.
  • "Spatial Pricing Policy and the Henry George Theorem in an Optimally Sized Market with Land Rents," Economics Letters, 37 (1991).
  • "On the Form of the Locational Efficiency Condition in Local Public Goods Models," Canadian Journal of Economics, (1991).
  • "Foreign Tax Credits, The Supply of Foreign Capital and Tax Exporting: A Numerical General Equilibrium Model of Corporate Tax Reform in Canada," Journal of Public Economics, (with S. Damus and W. Thirsk) 45 (1991).
  • "Optimum Product Variety in Urban Areas," Journal of Urban Economics, 22 (1987).