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Wilson, Sam

Professor of Economics
Fellow, Institute for Public Economics

Bsc (Mathematics), University of Alberta, 1965
Bed (Secondary Mathematics), U of A, 1970
MA (Economics), University of Alberta, 1971
PhD (Economics), University of Essex, 1974

Email: sam.wilson@ualberta.ca  
Office 9-22 Tory
Phone (780) 492-­4198
Fax (780) 492-3300

Research Interests 

  • Public Finance
  • Development Economics  

Teaching Fall 2009

  • Econ 386: Applications of Mathematics to Economics I
  • Econ 414:  Economics of Developing Countries

 Selected Publications 

  • "Technical Expertise and Indigenization", in K. Gupta (ed.), Foreign Aid: New Perspectives, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.

  • "State Revenue Equalization in Malaysia", International and Development Studies Working Papers, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University, Kingston, 1996.

  • "Federal-State fiscal Arrangements in Malaysia", International and Development Studies Working Papers, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University, Kingston, 1996.

  • "Investment and Savings", Long Range Planning Unit, Ministry of Planning and National Development, Nairobi, Kenya and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Technical Paper 94­05.

  • "Public and Private Sector Capital Stock Estimates for Kenya by Industry and Asset, 1972-1992", Long Range Planning Unit, Ministry of Planning and National Development, Nairobi, Kenya and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Technical Paper 93­05.

  • "Harambee Donations, Matching Grants and Development Policy", Long Range Planning Unit, Ministry of Planning and National Development, Nairobi, Kenya and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Technical Paper 93­02.

  • "Harambee Donations and Government Policy", Long Range Planning Unit, Ministry of Planning and National Development, Nairobi, Kenya and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Technical Paper 93­01.

  • "Capital Stock Estimates for Kenya by Industry and Asset Type, 1972-1992" (with G. M. Barber and W. J. Milne), Long Range Planning Unit, Ministry of Planning and National Development, Nairobi, Kenya and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Technical Paper 92­02.

  • "The Labour Market in Kenya: Structure, Wages and Issues" (with C. Short), Long Range Planning Unit, Ministry of Planning and National Development, Nairobi, Kenya and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Technical Paper 91­11.

  • "A Labour Turnover Model of Unemployment in Kenya" (with W. J. Milne), Long Range Planning Unit, Ministry of Planning and National Development, Nairobi, Kenya and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Technical Paper 91­06.

  • Malaysia's Public Sector in the Twenty-First Century: Planning for 2020 and Beyond, ed. by R. Boadway, F. Flatters, S. Mahbob, L.S. Wilson and E. Yee, Pelanduk Publications (M) Sdn Bhd, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 1997, 230 msp.

  • "Decentralization and Fiscal-Federalism in Malaysia", Malaysia's Public sector in the Twenty-First Century: Planning for 2020 and Beyond, ed. by R. Boadway, F. Flatters, S. Mahbob, L.S. Wilson and E. Yee, Pelanduk Publications (M) Sdn Bhd, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, forthcoming, 1996, 18 msp.

  • "Tax Assignment and Fiscal Externalities in a Federal State" (with Bev Dahlby) in Reforming Fiscal Federalism for Global Competition: A Canada-Australia Comparison edited by Paul Boothe, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta: The University of Alberta Press, 1996), pp. 87-101 (1996).

  • "Fiscal Capacity, Tax Effort and Optimal Equalization Grants"(with Bev Dahlby) The Canadian Journal of Economics, June, 1994, pp. 657-672.

  •  "Kenyanization and African Capacity 'Shuffling'", Public Administration and Development, December, 1993, pp. 489-499.

  • "Regional Employment Subsidies and Migration", The Canadian Journal of Economics, May, 1993, pp. 366-379.

  • "The Harambee Movement and Efficient Public Good Provision in Kenya." Journal of Public Economics, June, 1992, pp. 1-19. 

 

 Work in Progress

  • Federal-State Fiscal Relations Elsewhere: Lessons for Canada

  • Equalizing the Marginal Cost of Public Funds and Federal-Provincial Transfers

  • Government and Voluntary Funding - Harambee Donations in Kenya

  • Optimal Fiscal Externalities in a Federal State (with B. Dahlby and J. Mintz)