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Professional+Amateur+Immature Economist / Assistant Professor @policy_school & @EconCalgary / (MPP/SEDV Graduate Programs Director)

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

1 year

If you want a (techy) explanation of why Economic Impact Assessments based on Multiplier analysis are misleading, here's a thread including slides from a talk I've given a few times. I don't know if these will be useful to you dear twitterer, but I thought I would share anyway.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

7 months

As a reminder for the "wind doesn't always blow and sun doesn't always shine" crowd: Gas plants don't always gas plant either...

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4 months

<Whispers> that's because carbon pricing is the least costly way to reduce emissions.

@nationalpost

National Post

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Scott Moe says Saskatchewan considered carbon tax alternatives, but found them too costly

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1 year

This is the CEO of Greengate. At the EXACT moment I'm composing this tweet, Greengate's Travers facility is generating more electricity in Alberta than: Any Single Cycle Gas Plant Any Cogeneration Gas Plant Any Coal Plant All but one Combined Cycle Gas Plant (Shepard) cont.

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Dan Balaban

1 year

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Kent Fellows

4 years

Everyone else is apparently stocking up on toilet paper. I decided to go a different route and stopped by @villagebrewery this afternoon.

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Kent Fellows

3 years

@jamespmcleod The best security is having neighbors who have way nicer stuff than you do.

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7 months

Huge shout of of thanks to @bcshaffer and @andrew_leach for their media work over the last few days. This is exactly the kind of public service our post-secondary research institutes ought to (and are) providing. It's really Really REALLY important.

@bcshaffer

Blake Shaffer 📊🇺🇦

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Interview #12 today happening now with @RobBreakenridge on QR radio

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There's an opportunity for major grocery stores to actually come up with a plan to lower Canadian grocery prices. My advice is that their plan should start (and possibly end) with three words: End Supply Management! (See next tweet for more.)

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Government calls for meeting with CEOs of Canada's biggest grocery chains to talk food prices | CBC...

The federal government says it expects the heads of five of Canada's biggest grocery chains to attend a meeting in Ottawa on Monday to discuss ways to stabilize food prices.

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Kent Fellows

1 year

I wrote a thing about Alberta's Renewable Generation pause.

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Opinion: Alberta’s renewable energy pause goes against conservative free market fundamentals

The conservative free market fundamentals underpinning Alberta’s approach to its electricity market are no longer be as strong as thought

www.theglobeandmail.com

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5 years

Ugh, this claim is making the rounds again due to a new study by IEEFA. It's wrong, Trans-Mountain is most certainly NOT operating at a loss. I can forgive the IEEFA authors for getting this wrong though. Settle in for a Pipeline Regulation Thread.

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Kent Fellows

9 months

What was the point of fighting a supreme court case on carbon pricing if they're just going to undermine it whenever they feel like. WHAT WAS THE POINT.

@katemckenna8

Kate McKenna

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Breaking: The Prime Minister suspends the carbon tax on home heating oil for three years

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5 years

This is why the Teck mine decision matters. Even if you expect Teck to pull the plug on the project, the federal decision sets informal precedent for future decisions and, like it or not, will be taken/used by industry as a signal for the viability of future projects.

@BNNBloomberg

BNN Bloomberg

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Teck's proposed oil-sands mine gets support from rival producers

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Kent Fellows

7 months

FYI: If you're really worried about the Bank of Canada's overnight window operations and liquidity provisions, you should find and read an up to date undergraduate Money and Banking textbook. If you're still worried after that, read the textbook again.

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Kent Fellows

3 years

@PPathole @EmmaMayMMA The Tesla likely has about 1000lbs on that Ford, it's also 4wd vs 2wd and the Tesla is rocking custom (not production) tires. Impressive, but I'm sure we can consider this a fair comparison. Fairer comparison might be Cybertruck vs an F250 4x4, both on production tires.

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8 months

A prominent Academic is arguing the following are all wrong about the impact of carbon pricing: - @PBO_DPB - @bankofcanada - @StatCan_eng - @EcofiscalCanada (chaired by @ctsragan , Author of the Best Selling Canadian Econ textbook) His argument? His team can't prove a correlation.

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I'm delighted to share that @dr_jen_winter , @BrettDolter , and my paper: "Carbon Pricing Costs for Households and the Progressivity of Revenue Recycling Options in Canada" was awarded the 2023 Vanderkamp Prize at the @CanEconomics Meetings last week.

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Canadian Public Policy

Content in Canadian Public Policy published by @utpjournals.

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Kent Fellows

1 month

A reminder: the Feud Professor's deranged attacks on Environmental and Tax Economists appears to have started because some of my colleagues had the "audacity" to make constructive suggestions to encourage him to familiarize himself with established literature on Carbon Pricing.

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Andrew Leach

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NBD, @DalhousieU . My picture, your prof, and the clear implication that I should await violent consequences amplified for all of his followers. I suppose this too falls within his areas of expertise?

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Kent Fellows

3 years

My general preference is usually to slip quietly through side doors, but I do have an announcement: As of last week I've left my Research Assistant position at the @policy_school to join @EconCalgary as an Assistant Professor with 100% secondment to... the @policy_school

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Kent Fellows

4 years

Yesterday's @globeandmail article is bad and presents gross and incorrect speculation as informed analysis. I'm getting tired of this. But, here is ANOTHER thread on TMX. Necessitated by reactions to this week's CER Energy Futures Report.

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Opinion: The Trans Mountain pipeline could soon be Canada’s white elephant

Canada’s energy regulator has laid out a scenario in which the capacity supplied by the Trans Mountain pipeline – now owned by Canadian taxpayers – could be completely unnecessary

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kent Fellows

1 year

Anyone have a source for this quote? Seems to be a basterdization of a quote that doesn't mention public spending. "[Inflation is] always and everywhere, a result of too much money, of a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than an output."

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"The words that are spoken at a funeral are spoken too late..." Absolutely gutted today by the news that @SadBillAckman / @MAlexMclennan died last week. It's an odd thing to lose a friend I met and interacted with exclusively via social media. He is deeply missed.

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Kent Fellows

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The Food Professor ( @FoodProfessor ) is quoted in this article saying: “Calculations never account for compounding effects across the supply chain. That’s where the complexity lies,” He is completely wrong here. See next Tweets.

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What we know about how much the carbon tax is to blame for spiking food costs in Canada

www.northernnews.ca

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Kent Fellows

8 months

Short thread on why this is a horrible tweet. The Liberals JUST repealed the "efficiencies defense" for merger enforcement. Part of the premise of the efficiencies defense was to allow firms to merge if it allowed them to more effectively compete against non-Canadian firms. 1/5

@cafreeland

Chrystia Freeland

8 months

HSBC was leaving Canada. By blocking this, Pierre Poilievre would have risked 4,000 workers losing their jobs, investors losing faith in Canada as a place to do business, and 780,000 Canadians losing banking services. That’s not a serious position—it’s reckless & irresponsible.

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Kent Fellows

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The important question isn't whether there is a business case for LNG in Canada (revealed preference: there isn't). The question is: why there IS a business case in the US but not here. Your answer to the second question dictates whether you think we have a policy problem.

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Kent Fellows

8 months

Public service announcement: @trevortombe has an impersonator: @trevor_tombe The real Trevor doesn't have an underscore. Block and report folks.

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3 years

Also: Most of the gasoline arriving at Nanaimo by sea comes from Alberta, via either the TMPL pipeline (currently closed) or CN and CP rail lines (washed out) or very rarely via trucks on hwy 1 and hwy 5 (washed out). This is very bad and very serious.

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Adam Stirling

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Nearly all of Vancouver Island’s gasoline normally arrives by sea at the Suncor terminal in Nanaimo and gets to us via that highway…. Not good… #yyj

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1 year

This man doesn't know how to read an indexed graph. If you knew how to read it, you would know that it shows lower US inflation over the last year, but that th overall point of the graph is to show relative changes since 2019 (which is why the data is indexed to 2019).

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Kent Fellows

4 months

I hate this headline. I didn't sign to defend a "Liberal" policy. The carbon pricing I'm defending includes pricing Home Heating Oil (something the Liberals no longer do). It includes preserving equi-marginal treatment for large emitters (something the Liberals are underming).

@liberal_party

Liberal Party

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Economists agree, our plan puts more money in your pockets as we fight against climate change. But Pierre Poilievre won't let facts get in the way. He's trying to take money out of Canadians’ pockets. Sign to stop him:

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3 years

Good evening Twitter, I come to you tonight with what I hope is (mildly) amusing tale of holiday shopping. Perhaps a brief respite from the seasonal doom scrolling to which we've recently grown accustom. A tale of my December 22nd trip to Canadian Tire

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Kent Fellows

5 years

I don't want to be included with the "sky is falling" crowd, but I think there are a number of good reasons to be deeply critical of this move even without the "important details." And I think it's fair to comment on these even at this stage.

@trevortombe

Trevor Tombe

5 years

A very strong point by @drfinchy . 💯 Especially when many important details are still being fleshed out. Uni's use public funds, are accountable, and incentives matter. Lots of reasonable room for debate over details. But sky-is-falling rhetoric definitely not helpful.

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I want my students to succeed. I want them to go on and have interesting careers where they can apply and grow their knowledge and skills. But most of all, I want them to learn.

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Kent Fellows

3 months

Context is important. (The Food Professor has me blocked, otherwise this would be a quote tweet.)

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Kent Fellows

2 years

Peace, Order, and Good Governance. If you want Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, try next door. (But fair warning, they seem to be a bit short on the first and they now apply the second and third pretty selectively.)

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Kent Fellows

4 months

Low Marginal Effective Tax rates are important for capital investment. But, frankly, if they were as important as many people claim, Canada would be doing much better on the capital investment front.

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Kent Fellows

5 years

A preview of something I have been working on the last week or two. This is what Alberta's Mining and Oil and Gas sector (2015) looks like from a Supply/Use perspective (i.e.- where inputs come from and where outputs go to).

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Kent Fellows

1 year

A reminder from your Friends at Economics 'R Us: You shouldn't expect private for profit companies to do "the right thing" unless "the right thing" overlaps with "the profitable thing." Often the two overlap, sometimes they don't, that's why we have regulators.

@David_Moscrop

David Moscrop

1 year

Google and Meta aren’t your friends, my dudes.

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Kent Fellows

4 years

A reminder that the best ever piece of Policy Analysis on minimum wages was a report by @TheBeaverton .

@TheBeaverton

The Beaverton

7 years

We bring in two highly qualified experts to discuss the pros/cons of raising the minimum wage. #thebeaverton

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Kent Fellows

7 months

The minister responsible for SaskEnergy doesn't seem to understand how the carbon price + rebate system works. That isn't a good sign.

@GlobalNational

Global National

@GlobalNational

7 months

Saskatchewan carbon price halt shouldn’t affect rebates, minister says

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Kent Fellows

4 months

As a reminder: Dr. Charlebois ( @FoodProfessor ) is quoted here as saying "Science is about debate." But when carbon pricing advocates have tried to engage with him on the research, his reaction has been to undermine them for a lack of prestige and to make accusations of bias.

@DavidStaplesYEG

David Staples

@DavidStaplesYEG

4 months

Your tax dollars at work. How Justin Trudeau's tax-payer funded climate alarm narrative machine operates. David Staples: 'Mega-intellectual PR machine': Professor blasts gigantic funding of Trudeau Liberals climate narrative via @edmontonjournal

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Kent Fellows

1 year

Tell me you don't specialize in carbon pricing research without telling me you don't specialize in carbon pricing research.

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3 years

Christmas gift from my parents. They have a good understanding of what I do for a living.

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Kent Fellows

5 years

A short clip (only 40 seconds!), but @LindsayTedds makes a critical point (really, the core point) that is easy to miss. For ANYONE who sees this tweet, it is really important that you watch this and share it.

@TheAgenda

TVO Today | The Agenda

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How seriously should central Canadians regard the increasing sense of anger coming out of the Prairies? @spaikin talks about that with @LindsayTedds , @MHallFindlay , @montesolberg , & @aw_mcdougall on TVO at 8pm & 11pm #wexit #cdnpoli #abpoli #WEXITALBERTA Producer: @meredithmartin

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

1 year

Fake it till you make it by tricking the Canadian Economics Association into giving you both of it's most prestigious awards (one LITERALLY FOR AN ANALYIS OF CARBON TAXES). What a jackass.

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For what it's worth: I am an Economist and I also fail to see this. We already have some of the lowest marginal effective tax rates in the G7, and it hasn't correlated with an increase in capital investment. (Publishing a paper on this soon.)

@EmmMacfarlane

Emmett Macfarlane 🇺🇦 🇨🇦

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Again, I'm not an economist. But I fail to see how we tax cut ourselves into a productivity golden age while we throw billions of dollars at foreign companies to build a single factory, etc.

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Kent Fellows

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Don't worry. While Facebook is down, you can still post your photos on Instagram and use WhatsApp to send instant messages. Oh... Wait... I guess maybe competition policy IS important.

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Kent Fellows

1 year

Sylvain responded to constrictive criticism from one of my coauthors with a personal attack, failing to respond to the content of her critique. If that's what he considers "engagement," he can keep it. He also committed a clear case of academic misconduct earlier this week. So.

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Kent Fellows

2 months

The Food Professor looking for whomever politicized food price inflation.

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9 months

The heating oil exemption is pitched as helping lower income Canadians, it won't actually do that. For example: Higher income NS households face a higher home heating oil tax burden than lower income households, furthermore the exemption will mean lower rebates for everyone.

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@GK_Fellows

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Federal gov tabling amendments to the competition act: 1) Empowering the Bureau to compel evidence for market studies. 2) Removing the Efficiencies defense. 3) Empower the Bureau to take action against collaborations that stifle competition and choice.

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Fighting for the middle class

A strong middle class means a strong Canada. At a time when global inflation has driven up the cost of necessities like groceries, and housing costs are too high for too many, people are worried...

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

3 months

More people should be excited about this and it's a tragedy that they aren't. This is something to celebrate.

@citynewscalgary

CityNews Calgary

@citynewscalgary

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#NEW : The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and has been given the go-ahead to open.

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7 months

I agree with @andrew_leach here. I try not to pretend to be a political scientist or IR specialist, but it seems to me people arguing that Canada should leave the UN have a fundamental disregard for the importance of institutions in addressing collective action problems.

@andrew_leach

Andrew Leach

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"As a founding member of the UN, and its seventh-largest contributor to its finances, Canada has been a consistently reliable and responsible participant in UN initiatives around the world ... This was so in the earliest days of the UN … and it remains so today." - PMSH

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In which @markgollom interviews not one, not two, Not Three, BUT FOUR economists ( @robgillezeau @StevenfGordon @awudrick and I) who all agree that the pattern of subsidies and tax breaks we are seeing at the federal level don't make economic sense

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ANALYSIS | Ottawa is spending $1.7M for 10 new jobs at a pasta plant. Are such loans and government...

Some economists say recent government assistance — which has ranged from a $1.7 million loan to a Brampton, Ont., pasta plant, to billions in subsidies for new EV plants — make little economic sense.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

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I hear (via CBC's morning news) that TMX is in the news today with "new" (read: zombie) speculation that the additional capacity is not "needed." So, a short thread starting with a graph.

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Kent Fellows

10 months

This is good tradition. Good natured joviality. The leader of the government and the official opposition showing what appear to be genuine smiles together in the house.

@CanadianPolling

Polling Canada

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Fergus is dragged to the chair!

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Lots of speculation on the economic impacts of the Wet'suwet'en rail blockades, but a lack of actual analysis. So, I ran some simulations using my CGE model. The result: A real GDP loss between 60m & 160m per week. PLEASE read the whole thread before retweeting/commenting

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1 year

Echoing colleagues @bcshaffer @aidanhollis @andrew_leach (retweets below) in stating that the AB moratorium on new renewable generation is a counterproductive and bad policy. It is also deeply antithetical to the underlying deregulated (open market) approach AB has on generation

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Technically this proof only shows that the intertemporal transportation costs exceed any potential arbitrage opportunity. This may be the REAL reason central banks target 2% inflation. If inflation is too high you could end up with an intertemporal monetary crisis.

@KevinZollman

Kevin J.S. Zollman

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Time travel is impossible (an economic argument).

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Kent Fellows

5 years

If substandard university performance is related to a lack of resources, you cannot improve performance by further reducing resources. It is anathema. If substandard performance is related to poor decision making, I'm also not sure how a funding cut is supposed to improve that.

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If they could earn a profit here, they would. (Which would be an easier case to make if the Federal government didn't react to industry profits with such vitriol.)

@natnewswatch

National Newswatch

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Champagne says he's working phones to court new players for Canadian grocery market. Says he is reaching out to international grocers in the hopes they will open up shop in Canada. #cdnpoli Find out more at

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1 year

@DuaneBratt Peterson falling for a Western Standard April fools joke... I'm honestly speechless. It's not exactly ironic, so words actually fail me here.

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Kent Fellows

2 years

For context: In Alberta, taxes (all federal and provincial taxes) account for roughly 49 cents per liter of the retail gasoline price. The Carbon tax is roughly 14 cents out of this 49 cents.

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Rich households using heating oil - Better off. Poor households using heating oil - Worse off. Rich households not using heating oil - Worse off. Poor households not using heating oil - Worse off. Way to go Ottawa: A+ in political cynicism F in effective policy making 7/7

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Telling my dog I'll get her a cookie is about the only way to get her to come inside when she's playing in the snow.

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@StandingHannah Tell them Boxing is good cardio and you have to sneak it in whenever you can.

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@trevortombe I'm a bit surprised how many ridings look like the margin between NDP and UCP is less than the number of votes cast for either AP or GP.

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After reading this last night, I spent a bit of time throwing a few data series together and doing some rudimentary statistical/regression analysis. So, I present to you, a thread on Trans-Mountain Apportionment and the YVR rack price.

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B.C. passes law to force oil companies to reveal how gas prices are set - BC | Globalnews.ca

The legislation comes after regulators reported an unexplained 10 to 13 cent premium on Lower Mainland fuel prices.

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Kent Fellows

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Maybe they should ask themselves why CPP doesn't already invest more in Canada? Any answer to that question will tell you why this is an atrociously bad idea.

@globalnews

Globalnews.ca

5 months

The Liberal government has indicated that Ottawa is looking at how it might put Canadian pension funds toward growing the economy. READ MORE:

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Beautiful Mind Imitation Game Theory of Everything Oppenheimer etc We need a film about Keynes. Homosexual Loved+married a Russian ballerina Tried to use econ to avert WW2 (no one listened) Did use econ to help win WW2 Architect of much of the post war international econ system

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If you're reading up on carbon pricing's effect on household budgets (perhaps the new work by @dr_jen_winter and @trevortombe ) and you're surprised that the indirect effect of carbon pricing on prices is so low: I'd like to introduce you to the Output Based Pricing System. 1/6

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(The Cast iron casserole dish was light as a feather by comparison.) In hindsight, I should have gone to an ag supply store or dedicated battery dealer for the battery. But sadly none of them carry always on sale cookware.

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Kent Fellows

2 years

There it is folks, a CCUS tax credit. Page 97.

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Kent Fellows

5 years

In this situation a reduction in funding would seem to be punitive rather than corrective. If a university fails to reach a performance standard, I fail to see how reducing that university's resources leads to a better future outcome? In fact I would suspect the opposite.

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Kent Fellows

3 years

@andrew_leach You should spring for something a little fancier Andrew. Jameson's is, after all, a budget liquor.

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Kent Fellows

4 months

Here's a secret big academia doesn't want you to know: You can do research and even publish peer reviewed papers without being a professor. Everything on this list before 2021 was published before I held a faculty position. Much of it peer reviewed.

@C_Kavanagh

Chris Kavanagh

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Peterson thinks it’s completely unknown if the Nazis were left or right wing. He had a study planned that could have resolved it but the damn woke mob stole his professorship before he could do it. So now it’s a completely open question.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

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Built myself a chalkboard frame out of some left over wood from my office chair project and an old chalkboard I had in the shed. Adjustable height, and works in portrait or landscape. Not sure how much I'll use it, but fairly pleased with how it came out.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

5 years

My team's (second place) entry into the @policy_school #annualgingerbreadhousecompetition I give you, GINGERBREAD WEXIT. (The first place entry is in the background)

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

8 months

Shot vs Chaser

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Kent Fellows

5 months

Framing matters a lot (and this is bad framing). Consider that basically every pub you've ever been to has had a form of "dynamic pricing" in the form of "happy hour." But happy hour is framed as a price reduction in off-peak vs a price increase during peak periods.

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More Perfect Union

5 months

Wendy’s will start experimenting with surge pricing in 2025, along the lines of Uber and Lyft. Wendy’s will test “dynamic pricing” on burgers, Frosties, and other menu items, which will cost more during times of increased demand.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

5 months

(Staying firmly in my lane here and commenting only as an Economist.) The most FUNDAMENTAL role of government in any economic system is the definition and protection of property rights. It's a necessary condition for all social structures and any concept of civilization.

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Matt Gurney

5 months

Sometimes, when something pisses you off, it's best to cool off for a while. Other times, you should just write a column, and hope that people agree with you and share it. Who agrees with me? Matt Gurney: The police have given up. They've surrendered.

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Kent Fellows

4 years

1.Large bank (RBC) uses an analytical method to forecast recession. 2.Billionaire business owner disagrees citing "common sense". 3.Respected economist questions Billionaire's assertion. 4.Additional Business millionaire criticizes economist's "academic rhetoric" See # 1.

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Trevor Tombe

4 years

@WBrettWilson Hi, thanks for the reply. You might have misunderstood. The economy is quite clearly contracting right now, and more to come. If you disagree, that's fair enough but I am very interested in hearing why you think it is growing.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

1 year

@maxfawcett Fun Fact: Carbon pricing revenues in general stay within the province in which they are collected. This means that, in all likelihood, they represent a net fiscal inflow to provinces that have high emissions intensity inter-provincial exports.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

9 months

As a carbon tax proponent, it may be surprising but there isn't a lot here I disagree with. But, it's not incumbent on me to highlight my disagreements, it's on the Federal government to defend this (indefensible and inconsistent) policy stance. They opened the door to this.

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Scott Moe

@PremierScottMoe

9 months

Trudeau has provided a carbon tax exemption on home heating for families in one part of the country, but not here. It’s unfair, it’s unacceptable, and here’s what we’re going to do about it.

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Kent Fellows

1 year

I've worked with @dr_jen_winter for close to a decade now at the @policy_school and it's awesome to see @environmentca appoint a knowledgeable and supremely competent environmental and energy economist to this role. Big congratulations to @dr_jen_winter (and to @environmentca ).

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Environment Canada

1 year

We are delighted to welcome Jennifer Winter Ph.D., our new Departmental Science Advisor who will contribute to the advancement of our scientific excellence. Join us in welcoming her to the ECCC team! 🎆

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

5 years

One of my favorite things ever written on this is a blog post by @ABeconomist To (poorly) paraphrase Todd Hirsch: Universities are not trade schools, and they aren't supposed to be.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

4 years

Yesterday, I was on the National news, presenting the results of a sophisticated general equilibrium model applied to a critical issue for Canadian politics and economics. Today, I locked my keys (and my dog) in my truck while I was at the bank.

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Kent Fellows

1 year

@KellyCryderman

Kelly Cryderman

@KellyCryderman

1 year

White House cautiously opens the door to study blocking sun’s rays to slow global warming

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

8 months

If these wind capacity decline curves scare you, you'll be terrified by hydrocarbon decline curves.

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William Lacey

@WilliamLaceyYYC

8 months

For Wind Power you can see that all of the assets that are currently installed would need to theoretically be replaced before we hit the targeted window of 2050.

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Kent Fellows

11 months

Some personal news: My dog's arthritis has greatly improved over the last 6 months and she now regularly jumps up on the couch again (something she physically couldn't do for a while there).

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Paul Fairie

11 months

When people tweet "Some personal news", I want to hear about something cute or maybe some good gossip, not "I am now Assistant Regional Director of Content and Development"

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Kent Fellows

4 years

I know everyone already knows this, but @trevortombe is a machine. I put some notes on a google doc that I wanted to discuss with him, went to walk the dog, came back and he had already made the edits I was musing about. It's... unreal.

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@GK_Fellows

Kent Fellows

2 years

Reminder: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is about Competition Policy and Antitrust. The Villain purchases what should be a public company in order to ruin it with the goal of increasing market power for a rival product he alone has capacity to provide... Remind you of anything...

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Kent Fellows

5 months

We didn't have to fight this much. This is a self inflicted wound that may bleed out (excuse the metaphor). The Heating Oil exemption instantly validated criticism that the system was designed to protect against and that a plurality of Academics were helping to defend against.

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David Moscrop

5 months

If we're going to fight *this much* over carbon pricing, we are in big trouble when we really have to step up to fight climate change.

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Kent Fellows

2 months

I'm actually speechless here.

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Kent Fellows

9 months

As one of the Nerds who played an admittedly very very tiny role in providing policy advice on carbon pricing. I have one response to this:

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Matt Gurney

9 months

I also don’t think it’ll work as a tactical retreat. But that’s a semi-separate issue. I agree with what @cselley said earlier. This is likely the beginning of the end of the carbon tax as we’ve understood it in recent years and the nerds might need to start making a new plan.

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Kent Fellows

4 months

Re: The partisan reaction to the Open Letter on carbon pricing. Can you IMAGINE thinking that Richard Lipsey is a leftist Ideologue. A self described Thatcherite who was alive and providing policy advice DURING the thatcher administration.

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Kent Fellows

8 months

Additionally, Dr. Charlebois is incorrectly informed about how SPSD/M works and about the methodology of other input-output based projection methods accounting for the indirect effects of carbon pricing. I suspect he may not be informed about the workings of the OBPS system.

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Kent Fellows

1 year

@maxfawcett I can't think of a lunch menu anywhere on the planet that would be worth the effort.

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Kent Fellows

8 months

The Oil and Gas Cap may reduce emissions in one sector faster than would otherwise occur, but I'm not sure the Oil and Gas emissions cap will lead to faster Nation Wide or Province Wide emissions reductions. Here's way. 1/8

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Kent Fellows

2 years

We all left the living room, ever so briefly, but for long enough to let SOMEONE eat almost half the cheese off the hors d'oeuvre platter. She's not repentant, but honestly, I'm not mad. It's Chrismas for everyone.

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Kent Fellows

3 years

Really excited to share my new paper, forthcoming (now online) in The Energy Journal. Pipes, Trains and Automobiles: Explaining British Columbia's High Wholesale Gasoline Prices (A very short thread, as I could and did spend a whole paper talking about this.) 1/11

@IA4EE

IAEE

3 years

New EJ paper by @GK_Fellows presents a modified Cournot model examining the effect of pipeline constraints on imperfectly competitive regional gasoline markets. An empirical test of the model demonstrates how it explains gas price increases in BC Canada.

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Kent Fellows

11 months

The only workable solution here is for the Prime Minister and Leader of the official opposition to share a split-level duplex on a 50-foot lot.

@CPAC_TV

CPAC

11 months

"We don't need a new home for the prime minister. We need a new home for working-class Canadians," Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says when asked about report the federal govt is exploring alternative site to 24 Sussex to build new official residence for the PM. #cdnpoli

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