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