Charles Blackorby, University of British Columbia

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Latest funding

Marginal cost of public funds in a fiscal federation
SSHRC · 2001 · Principal investigator
$65,400
Altruism, discounting and number-sensitive population principles
SSHRC · 2000 · Co-investigator
$28,800
Consumption versus income as a tax base
SSHRC · 1997 · Principal investigator
$28,000

All 3 grants and awards

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Marginal cost of public funds in a fiscal federation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Blackorby, Charles

Keywords: fiscal federalism; marginal cost of public funds

$65,400

Altruism, discounting and number-sensitive population principles

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Donaldson, David

Keywords: Population ethics; social choice

$28,800

Consumption versus income as a tax base

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Blackorby, Charles

Keywords: Public economics; taxation; consumption; income and tax reform

$28,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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