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The purpose of the Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business is to support theoretical and applied research into the role of governments in the Canadian economy and into the relationship between government and business in Canada. The Centre is sponsored by the Sauder School of Business at UBC. Research will be directed towards both normative questions about the way governments should operate to serve best their constituents and positive questions about the causes and effects of actual government activities.

The Centre serves its mandate through a number of activities including the support of research through, for example, small research grants, commissioned papers and conferences. The Centre will also support research through dissemination activities, including its own working paper series, other publications, a seminar series and the establishment of a public web site.