Michigan M-Taxi 2014

ByStephanie Harden

OTPR’s third Michigan Tax Invitational (M-TAXI) was held on June 6 – 7, 2014.  More than 55 current and former OTPR-affiliated alumni convened in Ann Arbor for this 1 1/2-day conference. Alumni from 1997 through 2013 included academics in accounting and economics, as well as members of the Federal Reserve Board, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas, and the Urban Institute.  Global attendees from Chile and Moscow were also in attendance.

The keynote address was given by Professor Roger Gordon, University of California, San Diego.  He formerly held an appointment in the Department of Economics and collaborated on projects with both Professor Joel Slemrod and Professor Jim Hines.

Laura Kawano (U.S. Department of the Treasury), Sebastien Bradley (Drexel University), Estelle Dauchy (New Economic School, Moscow), Nate Seegert (University of Utah), and Naomi Feldman (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) are happy to return to Ann Arbor and to reconnect.  

Mentoring, networking, and new collaborations are formed during this conference providing rich opportunities for all attendees!

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