CURRICULUM VITAE

Willam G. Watson

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Education

McGill University:

B.A. Hon. (1974)

Yale University: 

M.A. (1975) economics
M.Phil. (1976) economics
Ph.D. (1980) economics

Co-ordinates:

McGill: 514 398 8962; william.watson@mcgill.ca
IRPP: 514 985 2461; bwatson@irpp.org 

Employment

1985- Associate Professor of Economics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec 
1977-85 Visiting Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Economics, McGill University 
1983-84 Visiting Scholar, Queenís University, Kingston, Ontario
1985-87 Visiting Professor, Queenís University (summers)
1990-91 Visiting Associate, The Americas Society, New York
1991-92 Visiting Scholar, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia
1992-97 Adjunct Scholar, C. D. Howe Institute, Toronto, Ontario
1997-98 Editorial Pages Editor, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario
1998- Editor, Policy Options politiques, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal

Professional Honours

Grants and Contracts 

1981-84. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Research Grant to study various aspects of federal provincial economic relations. 

1981-84. Research grant from le Programme de formation de chercheurs díaction concertee to study various aspects of federal provincial economic relations. 

October 1981. Ontario Economic Council Research Commission to study various aspects of industrial policy in Quebec. 

April 1984. SSHRC grant to study the determination of provincial government expenditures, with special emphasis on the role of federal grants. 

March 1985. Research commission from the International Fund for Animal Welfare for a study of the economics of the Canadian seal industry. 

May 1986. Contract with New Canadian Encyclopedia to write entry on ëThe Canadian Economyí. 

July 1986. Research commission from the Fraser Institute to participate in its DRIE financed research project on the service sector. 

October 1986. Research commission from the federal Department of Health and Welfare to review the economic literature on demographic change and federal provincial fiscal relations. 

April 1987. SSHRC Grant to support project ëFurther Results on Equalization and Efficiencyí. 

July 1987. Research contract from the Federal Department of Health and Welfare to construct a small simulation model to investigate demographic change, federal provincial fiscal relations, and regional economic growth. 

July 1987. Research contract from Gowling and Henderson, Barristers and Solicitors, to prepare paper on the economics of federal-provincial fiscal relations.

July 1991. Research contract from the Equality Party to prepare paper on the economic feasibility of self determination for Quebecers opposed to separation 

July 1992. Research contract from the Canadian Broadcastersí Rights Association to prepare paper on appropriate royalty rates for broadcast music. 

May 1994. Research grant from Canadian Donner Foundation to write book on economic integration and public policy

September 1994. Contract with Graphic Communications Union to write review of Report of House of Commons Standing Committee on Health on plain-packaging of tobacco products.

Appointments and Awards

May 1973 Oscar Ekes Prize in Economics, McGill University.

May 1974 Alan Oliver Gold Medal in Economics, McGill University.

1985- Member, Board of Advisers, John Deutsch Institute for Economic Policy, Queenís University, Kingston, Ontario

1989-90 Member, Board of Advisers, C. D. Howe Institute, Toronto, Ontario

June 1989 Finalist (with Andrew Coyne) Kenneth R. Wilson Memorial Awards for Excellence in Canadian Business Journalism for ìEverything you want to know about free trade but no oneís telling youî Financial Post, Special supplement, Nov. 1988

April 1990 Gold Medal Winner for Humour, 1989 National Magazine Awards 

March 1992 Editorial Board, Canadian Public Policy (four-year term) 

Dec. 1992 Co-editor (with John Richards, Simon Fraser University), C. D. Howe Institute publication series: The Social Policy Challenge (13 volumes eventually published)

Dec. 1992 Adjunct Scholar, C. D. Howe Institute, Toronto

1995- Editorial Board, University of Toronto Centre for Public Management Monograph Series in Public Administration and Public Policy

May 1999 Runner-up, Donner Prize for best book on Canadian public policy for 1998

Publications

Book 

Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life (Toronto: University of Toronto Press: 1998) pp. 314 + xii (Runner-up, Donner Prize for best book of the year on Canadian public policy, May 1999)

Monographs

Industrial Policy in Quebec and Ontario with Paul Davenport, Christopher Green, William Milne, and Ronald Saunders (Toronto: Ontario Economic Council, 1982; pp. 82).

A Primer on the Economics of Industrial Policy (Toronto: Ontario Economic Council, 1983; pp. l13 + ix) 

William G. Watson, ed. Report of the Policy Forum on Medicare in an Age of Restraint (Kingston: John Deutsch Memorial for Economic Policy; 1984; pp. 53 + iii)

Richard M. Bird Industrial Policy in Ontario in association with Paul Davenport, Christopher Green, Yehuda Kotowitz, William J. Milne, Ronald S. Saunders, and William G. Watson (Toronto: Ontario Economic Council; 1985) 

National Pastimes: The Economics of Canadian Leisure (Vancouver: The Fraser Institute; 1988) pp. 167 + xviii

John Richards, Francois Vaillancourt, and William G. Watson Survival: Official Language Rights in Canada (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1992) pp. 140 + ix 

William G. Watson, ed. Report of the Policy Forum on a North American Free Trade Area (Kingston: John Deutsch Institute for Economic Policy; 1992) pp. 150 + viii

Co-editor (with John Richards, School of Business, Simon Fraser University) of C. D. Howe Institute publication series, The Social Policy Challenge: 

William G. Watson, John Richards, and David K. Brown The Case For Change: Reinventing the Welfare State (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1994) pp. 134 + ix

Christopher Green, Fred Lazar, Miles Corak, Dominique M. Gross Unemployment Insurance: How to Make it Work (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1994) pp. 193 + xxiii

Harris, Richard G., et al. Paying Our Way: The Welfare State in Hard Times (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1994) pp. 138 + xvii 

Courchene, Thomas J. Social Canada in the Millenium: Reform Imperatives and Restructuring Principles (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1994) pp. 368 + xxii 

Richards, John, et al. Helping the Poor: A Qualified Case for ìWorkfareî (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1995) pp. 206 + xxvii

Fallis, George, et al. Home Remedies: Rethinking Canadian Housing Policy (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute, 1995) pp. 244

Thomason, Terry, et al. Chronic Stress: Workersí Compensation in the 1990s (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1995 ) pp. 178 + vii

Martin Dooley, et al. Family Matters: New Policies for Divorce, Lone Mothers, and Child Poverty (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1995) pp. 290 + iv

Doug May and Alton Hollett The Rock in a Hard Place: Atlantic Canada and the UI Trap (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1995) pp. 244 + xv

Roy J. Adams, et al. Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs: Tough Choices for Canadian Labor Law (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1995) pp. 198 + iv

Helmar Drost, et al. Market Solutions for Native Poverty: Social Policy for the Third Solitude (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1996) pp. 172 + vii

Charles M. Beach and George A. Slotsve Are We Becoming Two Societies? Income Polarization and the Myth of the Declining Middle Class in Canada (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1996) pp. 190 + ix

John B. Burbidge, et al. When Weíre 65: Reforming Canadaís Retirement Income System (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute: 1996) pp. 228 + vii

Articles and book chapters

ëBacon and Eltis on Growth, Government, and Welfare: A Review Articleí Journal of Comparative Economics II:43 56 (March 1978) 

ëOld Wine in Old Bottles: Textiles and Clothing as the Acid Test for an Industrial Strategyí Policy Options Politiques II:4:14 19 (September/October 1981) 

ëThe Poverty of Reaganismí Policy Options Politiques III:2:42 47 (March/April 1982) 

ëThe Economics of Constitution Makingí Law and Contemporary Problems XLV:4:801-22 (Autumn 1982) 

ëThe Economics of Technologyí Policy Options Politiques IV:4:40-45 (March/April 1983) 

ëThe Economic Implications of Agingí McGill University Committee on Aging Occasional Papers (May 1984) 

ëItís Still Not Time for an Industrial Strategyí Canadian Public Policy X:2:201-210 (June 1984) 

ëFreshening the Debateí Policy Options Politiques V:3:54-58 (May/June 1984) 

ëìHeavy Landingî for Canadair: A Tale of Industrial Policyí Regulation VIII:6:4-7 (Sept/Dec 1984) 

ëAlbertaís New View of Industrial Strategyí in Michael Walker, ed., On Albertaís Industrial and Science Strategy Proposals (Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 1984) 

ëSome Questions of Principleí Canadian Public Policy XI:1:118-25 (March 1985) 

ëFederalism and Health Careí in Courchene, Thomas J., and David Conklin, eds. Ottawa and the Provinces: The Distribution of Money and Power (Toronto: Ontario Economic Council, 1985) 

ëA Southern Perspective on Northern Economic Developmentí pp. 165-82 in Michael S. Whittington, ed. The North Research Volume 72 of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985)

ëPornography and Liberalismí Policy Options Politiques VI:5:18-21 (June 1985) 

ëCosting Sealsí Policy Options Politiques VI:6:27-30 (July/August 1985) 

ëNew Management Initiativesí pp. 48 55 in Douglas D. Purvis, ed., Report of the Policy Forum on the May 1985 Federal Budget (Kingston: John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy)

ëAn Estimate of the Efficiency Gain from Fiscal Equalizationí Canadian Journal of Economics XIX:2 (May 1986) 

ëA New Direction for Canada?í in Martin F. J. Prachowny, ed. Policy Forum on the February 1986 Federal Budget (Kingston: John Deutsch Institute for Economic Policy, 1986) 

ëSimpler Equalizationí Policy Options Politiques VII:8:22-24 

ëThe Regional Consequences of Free(r) Tradeí in William J. Coffey and Mario Polese, eds. Still Living Together: Recent Trends and Future Directions in Canadian Regional Development (Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy; 1987) 

ëSection 36 Federalismí Policy Options Politiques VIII:5:21-3 (June 1987) 

ëCanada US Free Trade: Why Now?í Canadian Public Policy XIII:3:337-49 (September 1987) 

ëDemographic Change, Provincial Fiscal Behaviour, and Regional Economic Growthí Canadian Studies in Population 14:2:209 22 (1987) 

ëAmusement, Recreation and Broadcastingí in James J. McRae and Martine Desbois, eds. Traded and Non-Traded Services: Problems of Theory, Measurement, and Policy (Halifax: Institute for Research on Public Policy; 1988) pp. 159 71 

ëNo Guarantees: Access to Markets Under the Canada-US FTAí in Access to Markets Under the Canada/USA Free Trade Agreement (McGill University Institute of Comparative Law; 1988) 

ëThe Case of the Disputed Benefit: A Reply to Tim Hazledineí Canadian Public Policy XIV:2:214-21 (June 1988) 

ëEconomyí in The New Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers; 1988) pp. 652 6 

ëThe Draft Agreement: Cohabitation Worth a Tryí in Tom Velk and A. R. Riggs, eds. Canadian-American Free Trade: (The Sequel) Historical, Political, and Economic Dimensions (Halifax: Institute for Research on Public Policy; 1988) pp. 57-68 

ëThree Bad Arguments Against Free Tradeí Policy Options Politiques IX:8:15-18 (October 1988) 

ëMammon and the Muse: Some Economic Problems in Canadian Publishingí pp. 215-30 in Scholarly Publishing in Canada: Evolving Present, Uncertain Future (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press for the Aid to Scholarly Publishing Programme; 1988) 

ëCross Subsidization and Canadian Cultureí pp. 226-35 in Cultural Economics 88: A Canadian Perspective (Akron, Ohio: Association for Cultural Economics; 1988)

ëComments on the 1990 Federal Budgetí in Policy Forum on the Federal Budget of 1990 (Kingston: John Deutsch Institute for Economic Policy; 1990) 

ëAfterwordí in Reshaping the North American Partnership for the 1990ís Report of the 1990 Canada-US Conference of the Americas Society (New York: Americas Society; 1991) pp. 115 20 

ëThe Status Quoí in Toolkits and Building Blocks: Constructing a New Canada (Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute; 1991) pp. 116 19 

ëCanadian Perestroika or Why I am a Separatistí in Richard Beach, ed. Focus Canada (Plattsburgh: Centre for the Study of Canada, State University of New York; 1991) pp. 9-18 

ëComments on McFetridge and Lallí and ëComments on Globermaní in Walter Block and George Lermer, eds. Breaking the Shackles: Deregulating Canadian Industry (Vancouver: The Fraser Institute; 1991) pp. 32-7; 148-50 

ëQuebec: Provincial Public Financesí in Melville McMillan, ed., Provincial Public Finances: Volume I, Provincial Surveys Canadian Tax Paper No. 91 (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation, 1991) pp. 130-59 

ëIn Praise of the Status Quoí in T. Velk and A.R. Riggs, Will Canada Survive? Federalism in Peril (Vancouver: The Fraser Institute; 1992) pp. 179-90 

ëNorth American Free Trade: Lessons from the Trade Dataí Canadian Public Policy XVIII:1:1-12 (March 1992)

ëTwo Thumbs Up for Latter day Birth (or Death) of a Nationí Canadian Public Policy XVIII:1:104-110 (March 1992)

With Richard Harris ëThree Visions of Competitiveness: Reich, Porter and Thurow on Economic Growth and Policyí in Thomas J. Courchene and Douglas D. Purvis, eds., Productivity, Growth and Canadaís International Competitiveness, The Bell Canada Papers on Economic and Public Policy Vol I:233-300 (Kingston: John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy; 1993)

ëA Skeptical View of the Social Charterí in Jonathan Lemco and William B. P. Robson, eds. Ties Beyond Trade: Labour and Environmental Issues under the NAFTA (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1993) pp. 108-31

ëThe Economic Impact of the NAFTAí C. D. Howe Institute Commentary No. 50 (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; June 1993) pp. 28

ëThe View from the Rightí pp. 1-30 in The Case For Change: Reinventing the Welfare State The Social Policy Challenge 1 (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1994)

ëEnvironmental and Labor Standards in the NAFTAí C. D. Howe Institute Commentary No. 57 (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; March 1994) pp. 20

ëThe Study in Briefí pp. xi-xxiii in Christopher Green, et al. Unemployment Insurance: How to Make it Work (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1994) 

ëLa politique industrielle: un certaine scepticismeí in Filip Palda, ed. Líetat interventionniste: le gouvernement provincial et líeconomie du Quebec (Vancouver: The Fraser Institute; 1994) pp. 19-63

ëThe Study in Briefí pp. 1-33 in Family Matters: New Policies for Divorce, Lone Mothers, and Child Poverty (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1995) 

ëThe Study in Briefí pp. 1-21 in Chronic Stress: Workersí Compensation in the 1990s (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1995)

ëThe Study in Briefí pp. 1-20 in The Rock in a Hard Place: Atlantic Canada and the UI Trap (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1995)

ëCalling the Tune: the Finance of Canadian Social Servicesí in Roy D. Hogg and Jack M. Mintz, eds. Who Pays the Piper? Canadaís Social Policy (Kingston: John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy; 1995) pp. 55-72

ëThe Study in Briefí in When Weíre 65: Reforming Canadaís Retirement Income System (Toronto: C. D. Howe Institute; 1996) pp. 1-26

ìHas neo-conservatism failed?î Policy Options politiques 22:2 (March 2001) pp. 6-18

ìThirty-million tier is nearî in new book on health care, David Gratzer, ed. (forthcoming)

Scholarly/Professional Activity

Courses Taught
Graduate:

Public finance
Regional economics

Undergraduate:

Introductory economics
Macroeconomics (majors)
Macroeconomics (honours)
Microeconomics (majors)
Public finance
Labour
Trade
Trade policy
Industrial organization
Regional
Canadian economic policy

Academic Responsibilities

Administrative Responsibilities

Administrative Positions Held at McGill

Founder and Chairman: Department of Economics Working Papers Series

Chairman: Social Science Research Committee, Graduate Faculty; Department of Economics Graduate Programme; Faculty of Arts Constitutional Review Committee; Department of Economics Visiting Speakers Committee 

Co ordinator: North American Exchange Programmes; Canadian Studies Seminar 

Member:

McGill University Senate: Steering Committee; Academic Salary Policy Committee 

Faculty of Arts: Promotion Review Committee; Ad Hoc Committee on Computing; Space Allocation Committee; Deanís Advisory Committee, Selection of Chairman for the Department of Economics; Deanís Advisory Committee, Selection of Chairman for the Department of Political Science

McGill Association of University Teachers: Council (twice); Council Subcommittee on Salaries

Graduate Faculty Council: Executive Committee

Programme Committees: Industrial Relations; North American Studies; Canadian Studies

Department of Economics: Planning Committee; Course Evaluation Committee; Promotion, Tenure, and Renewal Committee; Steering Committee; Undergraduate Committee; Graduate Committee; Search Committee 

Other Memberships: Search Committee, Dean of Management; University Tenure Committee, Faculty of Management; Faculty of Law Cyclical Review Committee; Faculty of Law Search Committee for a Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law; Faculty of Medicine Planning Committee; Faculty Club Council 

Others

Referral Work 

Academic Press (New York), Journal of Comparative Economics (New Haven), Economic Council of Canada (Ottawa), Social Science and Humanities Research Council (Ottawa), Prentice Hall Canada (Scarborough, Ontario), Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (The Macdonald Commission), Canadian Journal of Regional Science (Montreal), Contemporary Policy Issues (University of California), Canadian Public Policy (Guelph University), Canadian Journal of Economics (Toronto), National Magazine Awards (Toronto)

1984 89 Consulting Editor, McGill-Queenís Press. 

1992-97 Co-editor with John Richards, C.D. Howe Institute Publication Series, The Social Policy Challenge

1998- Editor, Policy Options politiques, published 10 times a year by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal, Quebec

Journalism, etc.
Regular column 

Financial Post, Toronto, 1988-98; Montreal Gazette, 1994-2001; Ottawa Citizen, 1997-2001; National Post, Toronto, 1998- 

Occasional pieces

ìThe purloined optionî Report (July/August 1980) 

ìConfederation then and nowî Policy Options Politiques I:4:61 62 (December/January 1980/81) 

ìFree trade, market access, and specializationî McGill Journal of Political Economy XIII:1987-88:1-16 

ìA New York State of Mindî Saturday Night August 1989 pp. 38 40

ìThe Bank of Canada and the Free Trade Agreementî in F. A. Siddiqui, ed. The Economic Impact and Implications of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press; 1991) pp. 65-74 

ìEconomics and Canadian cultureî Econotes Published by the John Deutsch Institute for Economic Policy Vol 2, No 2 (Summer 1989) 

ìOn being Canadian in the New American Centuryî Ambassadorís Lecture, Washington, D.C. October 1991

Background paper prepared on industrial policy for the meeting of the Ditchley Foundation, 1-3 October, Val David, Quebec
ìAs Quebec Goes...î Commentary February 1996

References