Publications

DOCTORAL THESIS (UNDERWAY)

“Empire, Colonial Institutions and Economic Growth: Quebec within the British Empire from 1760 to 1840″ (Main supervisor: Oliver Volckart; Secondary Supervisor: Stephen Broadberry)

PUBLISHED

2013

“Before the Cascade: Preference Falsification, Economic Growth and Religious Fervour in Quebec from 1920 to 1970″ (Submitted for peer review)  with Hubert Olivier Villeneuve – Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

“L’électricité au Québec avant 1940: a-t-on eu raison de nationaliser?” (peer-reviewed)  – Optimum Online: The Journal of Public Sector Management

“When did Quebec Catch Up Economically?” (Not peer-reviewed)  – Montreal Economic Institute Economic Note

“The Consequences of a Fixed Book Price” (Not peer-reviewed)  published with Youri Chassin -Montreal Economic Institute Economic Note

“Who spends more? Left or Right?” (Not peer-reviewed)  published with Youri Chassin -Montreal Economic Institute Economic Note

2012

“Intercity bus services in Canada – Time for deregulation” (peer-reviewed) Economic Affairs

2011

“Canada Post: Opening Up to Competition” (Not peer-reviewed) published with Youri Chassin – Montreal Economic Institute Economic Note

2010

“The Slandering of Duplessis” (Not peer-reviewed) published with Éric Duhaime – C2C Journal

“Taxi Industry : On the Road to Reform” (Not peer-reviewed) published with Germain Belzile – Montreal Economic Instistute

UNPUBLISHED (WORKING PAPERS)

2011

Floor Pricing in Quebec’s retail gasoline market: a welfare analysis – unfinished

Religious Institutions, Education and Economic Divergence: A New Interpretative Essay in the Economic History of Quebec, 1840-1940 – Submitted for presentation at the EEBHS

Austere or Roaring? Evaluating Living Standards in Canadian Cities in the 1920s using worktime cost of living – currently collecting data

A New Interpretative Essay on the Economic History of New France, 1685 to 1760 – unfinished

Secondary Markets as Markets for Risk Management : The Case of Scalping – unfinished

What Great Gloom? Socio-Economic Performance of Quebec within Canada between 1945 and 1960 – in completion for peer-review

Shipping Productivity and Market Integration in Quebec under British rule, 1760-1840 – part of doctoral thesis

Toleration, Conservatism and the British Public Debt: Explaining the Institutions of Quebec under British Rule- part of doctoral thesis

Agricultural Productivity in Quebec, 1760 to 1840 –  part of doctoral thesis

The Impact of Banking on Quebec’s early development, 1817-1841 – part of doctoral thesis

2010

Economic Policy of Quebec 1940-1960 : A Reassessment of the Great Darkness (M.sc thesis)