The February 2017 issue of the OTPR Newsletter has just been published. There are many pictures and updates so be sure to check it out.
The Newsletter also provides information about our upcoming 30th Anniversary, which begins on July 1, 2017, and runs through June 20, 2018. Do you have any brilliant ideas we should consider to celebrate this momentous occasion?
OTPR’s fourth Michigan Tax Invitational (M-TAXI) was held on June 10-11, 2016. Once again, more than 55 current and former OTPR-affiliated alumni convened in Ann Arbor for this 1 1/2-day conference. Alumni from 1994 through 2014 included academics in accounting, law, and economics, as well as the business community — Ford Motor Credit Company. In addition, members of…
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…
In 2008, the CESifo Group and the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) established the Richard Musgrave Visiting Professorship to honor the memory of one of Public Finance’s greatest scholars. This annual prize honors an outstanding scholar in the area of Public Finance. With this award, the prize winner is also named a Distinguished CESifo…
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…
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…
No, the word is not spelled incorrectly. I am sure that many of you are wondering what “Fowling” is — it is a combination of football and bowling — really! In May 2017, several cars filled with OTPR faculty, staff, and Ph.D. students drove to Hamtramck, MI, where the fowling warehouse is located. Our first…
