During the holidays, many Canadians think about giving, yet fewer are donating to registered charities—and those who give are giving less, finds a new study by Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre, and Feixue Ren. The study, Generosity in Canada and the United States: The 2014 Generosity Index, measures donations to registered charities claimed on personal income tax returns in Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories, the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.

Equalization payments are discouraging at least two provinces—Nova Scotia and New Brunswick—from developing their natural resources and generating prosperity for their residents, finds a new study by Ben Eisen and Mark Milke. The study, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Equalization Policy Crutch finds that on a wide range of economic measures, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick perform poorly compared to most other provinces.

Alberta has the highest level of economic freedom among all Canadian provinces and U.S. and Mexican states, finds a new study by Dean Stansel, José Torra, and Fred McMahon. This study, Economic Freedom of North America 2014, ranks jurisdictions based on their levels of economic freedom (measured in size of government, taxation, regulation, rule of law, etc.) using data from 2012, the most recent year of available data. It spotlights the 50 U.S. states, 32 Mexican states and 10 Canadian provinces.