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Crown corporations as instruments of public policy : a legal and institutional perspective / by Elaine Kirsch.: EC22-3/1985-295E-PDF

"The paper puts forward the following fundamental proposition: there are numerous "Costs" to Canadian public enterprise which derive directly from the legal and institutional environment within which it operates. If we follow the general thrust of economic theory and assume that private (rather than public) enterprise is the most efficient format for maximizing firm profits, it follows that, to be "valid", such Costs must be associated with achievement of some objective of public policy other than pure profit-making. To the extent that this is not so, the Cost should be eliminated"--Abstract, p. iv.

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Department/Agency
  • Economic Council of Canada.
TitleCrown corporations as instruments of public policy : a legal and institutional perspective / by Elaine Kirsch.
Variant title
  • Legal and institutional perspective
Series title
  • Discussion paper ; no. 295
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "December 1985."
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by the Publishing and Depository Services Directorate].
  • Includes bibliographic references.
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Economic Council of Canada, 1985.
Author / Contributor
  • Kirsch, Elaine.
Descriptioniv, 154, 2 p.
Catalogue number
  • EC22-3/1985-295E-PDF
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