Recent findings on trade and inequality:

The 1990's dealt a blow to traditional Heckscher-Ohlin analysis of the relationship between trade and income inequality, as it became clear that rising inequality in low- income countries and other features of the data were inconsistent with that model. As a result, economists moved away from trade as a plausible explanation for rising income inequality. In recent years, however, a number of new mechanisms have been explored through which trade can affect (and usually increase) income inequality. These include within-industry effects due to heterogeneous firms; effects of offshoring of tasks; effects on incomplete contracting; and effects of labor-market frictions. A number of these mechanisms have received substantial empirical support.trade inequality,

Legal Education at Calgary: Blending Progress and Tradition

The gestation period of the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary was a long one. After a short lived attempt to operate the Calgary College of Law in 1912-14, the southern Alberta city had to await the founding of the University of Calgary in 1966 before the setting up of a law school would emerge again as a serious possibility.\u27 In 1969, after positive recommendations from both the Law Society of Alberta and the Calgary Bar Association that a law school be established at the new university, the latter under the leadership of President Fred Carruthers formed a sub-committee of its Academic Policy Committee to consider the feasibility of setting up a second faculty of law in the province. The sub-committee was chaired by Professor Eugene Dais, then of the Department of Political Science

Big Fish and More of Them: Salmonid Habitat Availability, Quality, and Use Across Multiple Scales Within a River-Reservoir System

Reservoirs and their associated rivers provide water for agricultural and municipal uses, ecological benefits for fish and wildlife, and associated recreational activity. However, in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem climate change and population growth are putting pressure on water quality and supply, potentially damaging the unique and economically important coldwater trout habitat that these systems support. In this study, the author investigates the impact of changing water quality and supply on trout habitat quality, quantity, and selection to assist conservation goals in the Henry’s Fork Watershed in eastern Idaho. The study found that higher availability of cold-water refuge habitat in Island Park Reservoir during the hot summer months increased trout and salmon populations. The amount of cold-water refuge habitat was positively related to Island Park Reservoir water levels. The study also found that submerged aquatic vegetation were a critical part of fish habitat in the Henry’s Fork River, creating habitats that could provision both food and predator avoidance simultaneously. This study also found that increasing submerged aquatic vegetation in the Henrys Fork River has the potential to affect fish movement to improve angling. More research is needed to determine the net effect of submerged aquatic vegetation on trout populations in river ecosystems. This study highlights the importance of refuge habitat and reservoir conditions to fish populations in connected river-reservoir systems, as well as the importance of submerged aquatic vegetation for trout habitat quantity, quality, and preferences. The findings of this study have important implications for adaptive management actions that seek to improve fish habitat refuges while maintaining important water supply benefits for all stakeholders

The Tribulations of Antoine Ratte: A Case Study of the Environmental Regulation of the Canadian Lumbering Industry in the Nineteenth Century

This article examines the impact of industrial and commercial development of the Canadian environment during the Nineteenth century. Particular reference is made to the effect of sawdust on the country's waterways and fisheries. The article makes the point that the development of adequate legislative and administrative mechanisms, to deal with the problem, had to await the emergence of a consensus amongst the politicians, civil servants, the courts, and the general public that a problem existed.Dans cette étude, on examinera l'impact qui sefit sentir sur le dévelopment industriel et commercial de l'environnement canadien durant le dixneuvème siécle. En particulier, on étudiera l'effet du brin de scie sur les cours d'eaux et la pêche. Cette étude démontrera également le retard du development de mecanismes législatifs et administratifs portant à résoudre ce problme, ce retard étant cause d'une manque de consensus auprès des politiciens, des fonctionnaires, des Cours, et du public en génégral qu'un tel problème existait

Deleterious consequences of antioxidant supplementation on lifespan in a wild-derived mammal

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Recent Findings on Trade and Inequality

The 1990’s dealt a blow to traditional Heckscher-Ohlin analysis of the relationship between trade and income inequality, as it became clear that rising inequality in low- income countries and other features of the data were inconsistent with that model. As a result, economists moved away from trade as a plausible explanation for rising income inequality. In recent years, however, a number of new mechanisms have been explored through which trade can affect (and usually increase) income inequality. These include within-industry effects due to heterogeneous firms; effects of offshoring of tasks; effects on incomplete contracting; and effects of labor-market frictions. A number of these mechanisms have received substantial empirical support.