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    The Office of Tax Policy Research is proud to announce that our own Mary Ceccanese received the 2010 Candace Johnson Staff Award for Excellence, a University-wide award given by the Office of the Provost to an exemplary staff member.
    We know Mary as OTPR’s Coordinator, which she has done with exceptional competence, energy, creativity, and good …

  • Lessons for Tax Policy in the Great Recession

    While policy makers struggle with identifying and enacting the appropriate short-term policy response to the recent financial crisis and economic downturn, both academics and policy makers are examining the causes of the crisis and what lessons this might bring to bear on longer-term policy. With near unanimity attention to both the causes and appropriate long-term …

  • OTPR Faculty and Alumni Attend 2014 IIPF

    Professor Joel Slemrod recently spoke at the International Institute of Public Finance’s Annual Congress held in Lugano, Switzerland.  OTPR was well represented at IIPF by our affiliated alumni either presenting or co-authoring papers (including one of our current students)!

    Claudio Agostini (2003)
    David Agrawal (2012)
    Sebastien Bradley (2011)  
    Estelle Dauchy (2007)  
    Naomi Feldman (2004)  
    Makoto Hasegawa (2013)  

    Jeffrey Hoopes (2013)
    Wojciech Kopczuk (2001)
    Eric …

  • The Economic Stakes in the 2016 Election: A Nonpartisan Discussion

    (Presented by the Office of Tax Policy Research and Ross Thought in Action)
    Wednesday, October 55 – 6:30 p.m.The University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Blau Building, B1580​Reception Following
    Economic issues occupy center stage in the 2016 presidential debate. The candidates have offered several proposals to address economic issues ranging from immigration to trade, taxation to health care, and regulation of the environment. …

  • M-Taxi (Michigan Tax Invitational)

    June 8-9, 2012 Ross School of Business,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mi
    On June 8-9, 2012, OTPR hosted the second Michigan Tax Invitational.  Papers were divided into these five categories: international, evasion and enforcement, state and local tax issues, rethinking received tax wisdom, and behavioral responses to taxation.  In all, 17 papers were presented and …

  • National Tax Association Annual Meetings in Philadelphia 

    November 9-11, 2017
    This year’s NTA meetings were particularly exciting for a number of reasons:  Jacob Bastian received the co-Dissertation Award, Sara LaLumia received the Best NTJ Paper Award, and Jim Hines received the Holland Medal for Lifetime Achievement.  Can we say that Michigan was in the house?!!!
    Jacob is being congratulated by NTA President Victoria Perry.
    Jim surrounded by Joel, Alan Auerbach, …