Christopher Bruce is the founder of Economica. He retired in July 2019.
Articles Written By Christopher
Summer 2019 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 23, issue 1)
September 27, 2019From the Desk of Christopher Bruce: Farewell
August 1, 2019A Word from the Consultants of Economica
August 1, 2019Selecting the Productivity Factor
August 1, 2019The Impact of a Mid-Career Change on Earnings
December 12, 2018The Cost of Household Services, Alberta, 2018: A Survey
December 12, 2018The Cost of Managing the Expenditures of a Plaintiff with Reduced Mental Capacity
December 11, 2018The Cost of Managing the Plaintiff’s Investments
December 11, 2018Spring 2018 issue of the Expert Witness newsletter (volume 22, issue 1)
December 11, 2018Admissibility of Expert Evidence: Personal Injury Litigation
December 11, 2018Selecting the Discount Rate (2017)
May 11, 2017The Structure of a Cost of Care Report
June 1, 2016The Effect of Incarceration on Future Earnings
June 1, 2016Are Data from the 2011 Census Reliable?
March 1, 2016Cross versus Sole Dependency in Fatal Accident Actions
March 1, 2016The Cost of Household Services, Alberta 2014: A Survey
March 1, 2015The Dependency Rate as a Percentage of After-tax Income: Canada 2008
June 1, 2014Implied Rates of Return on Structured Settlements
December 1, 2012The Discount Rate Simplified
December 1, 2012The Cost of Household Services, Alberta, 2010: A Survey
September 1, 2011Alternatives to the Minor Injury Regulation
June 1, 2009Premiums, Profits, and Costs of Business in Alberta’s Automobile Insurance Industry, 1996-2006
December 1, 2008Examination of Expert Witnesses
December 1, 2008The Discount Rate Revisited (Spring 2008)
March 1, 2008The Impact of Poor Health on Retirement Age
September 1, 2007The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on the Educational Attainment and Adult Earnings of Canadian Women
September 1, 2007Forecasting the long-term interest rate on Government of Canada bonds: “market-based” versus “conservative” investment
March 1, 2007The Cost of Household Services, Alberta, 2006: A Survey
June 1, 2006Estimating non-discriminatory lifetime earnings for young females
March 1, 2006Death and Retirement: Allowing for Uncertainty
September 1, 2005The Discount Rate Revisited
June 1, 2005Estimating the Impact of Mid-Career Retraining
June 1, 2005The Impact of Disability on Earnings: Reliable Data
March 1, 2005The Reliability of Statistical Evidence Concerning the Impact of Disability
December 1, 2004Using family background to Predict Educational Attainment in Canada
September 1, 2004The Impact of the “Net Income” Provisions of the Insurance Amendment Act, 2003
June 1, 2004Forecasting the Rate of Growth of Real Wages (Productivity)
March 1, 2004Economica’s Privacy Policy
March 1, 2004Why have automobile insurance premiums been rising?
December 1, 2003Policies to deal with rising premiums
December 1, 2003How are Automobile Insurance Premiums Determined?
September 1, 2003The impact of parental divorce or death on adolescents’ education & earnings
June 1, 2003Experience-Rating of Automobile Insurance: A Good Idea that Won’t Work
June 1, 2003Selecting the Discount Rate – An Update
March 1, 2003Duty to Care for Orphaned Minors
June 1, 2002The Connection between Labour Productivity and Wages
June 1, 2002Complementarity in the Retirement Behaviour of Older Married Couples: An Update
March 1, 2002Destruction of evidence
December 1, 2001Selecting the Discount Rate – An Update
December 1, 2001No-Fault Automobile Insurance
September 1, 2001The Deduction for “Expenses Related to Earning Income” in Rewcastle
September 1, 2001The Deduction of Accelerated Inheritance
June 1, 2001Evidence About “Customary Practice”
March 1, 2001Incorporating the Effect of Reduced Life Expectancy into Awards for Future Costs of Care
December 1, 2000What is Econometrics?
December 1, 2000Ontario’s Mandated Discount Rate – Rule 53.09(1)
September 1, 2000Selecting the Discount Rate
September 1, 2000Combining Occupational Options
June 1, 2000The Impact of Disability on Earnings: Results of the Health and Activity Limitation Survey
March 1, 2000Recent Canadian Court Decisions Concerning the Impacts of Child Sexual Abuse on Earnings
December 1, 1999The Current Status of Survival of Actions Act Claims
September 1, 1999The Role of Expert Evidence
June 1, 1999On “Format of Expert Evidence of Economic Loss of Damages”
March 1, 1999Duty of Care
December 1, 1998The Economics of Negligence Rules
September 1, 1998Applying Economic Analysis to Tort Law
June 1, 1998The Role of the Expert Witness in Developing “New” Law
March 1, 1998Outstanding Issues in the Valuation of Household Services
March 1, 1998BOOK REVIEW: The Expert: A Practitioner’s Guide, (Carswell) 1997
March 1, 1998D’Amato v. Badger – Complications Arising when the Plaintiff is a Business Partner
December 1, 1997Implications of Duncan v. Baddeley
June 1, 1997The “Lost Years” Deduction
March 1, 1997BOOK REVIEW: John Barnes, Sports and the Law in Canada, 3rd Edition (Butterworths: Toronto) 1996
March 1, 1997Calculation of the Dependency Rate in Fatal Accident Actions
December 1, 1996Selecting the Discount Rate
September 1, 1996Damage Calculations in Fatal Accident Actions After Galand
September 1, 1996Fatal Accident Cases After Galand
June 1, 1996What is a “Discount Rate”?
March 1, 1996Do Sons Follow their Fathers?
March 1, 1996Loss of Earnings for Wrongful Confinement and Wrongful Sterilization: The Case of Leilani Muir
March 1, 1996