Do Canadians Perceive More Purchasing Power in Paper Bills than in Polymer Bills? An Experiment 1 by Danniel VaronaMarin A Senior Honours Essay submitted to the University of Waterloo in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Applied Economics Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2014 © Danniel VaronaMarin 2014 Supervisor: Bradley Ruffle Wilfrid Laurier University (519) 8840710 ext.4470 bruffle@wlu.ca 1 This study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through a University of Waterloo Research Ethics Committee (ORE # 19696). See Appendix B.