Some economic dimensions of the sovereignty debate in Quebec: debt, GDP, and migration
研究魁北克主权运动对公共债务融资成本、劳动力流动及GDP的影响，发现主权诉求会推高债务成本、影响劳动力流动，且自1970年代起分离主义威胁已导致劳动力规模缩减进而拉低GDP。
This paper shows that the quest for sovereignty in Quebec is explained by its role as the abode for a French-speaking minority in North America. It notes that there was no commonly agreed legal framework for the 1980 or 1995 referendums and that the attempt to impose one in 2000 has been rejected by Quebec. Using results from existing papers and original research, the paper shows that the quest for sovereignty can have an impact on the cost of financing the public debt of the entity doing this. It also shows that labour flows can be affected by the existence of a sovereignty movement. This GDP would be higher if the secessionist threat had not had an impact on the size of the labour force since the early 1970s.