Abstract: Married couples filing a joint return put the male name first 88.1% of the time in tax year 2020, down from 97.3% in 1996. The man’s name is more likely to go first the larger is the fraction of the couple’s allocable income that goes to him, and the older is the couple. Based…
Abstract We find that sin-good purchases are highly concentrated, with 10% of households paying more than 80% of taxes on alcohol and cigarettes. Total sin-tax burdens are poorly explained by demographics (including income), but are well explained by eight household clusters defined by purchasing patterns. The two most taxed clusters comprise 8% of households, pay…
Meets Mondays from 4:00-5:20 (Room R0320) August 29 NO SEMINAR September 5 NO SEMINAR (LABOR DAY), JOINT IO SEMINAR FRIDAY-Jon Kolstad (Berkeley)September 12 Yiqun Chen (UIC)September 19 Tamar Oostrom (Ohio State)September 26 Stephanie KarolOctober 3 Nathan MatherOctober 10 Evelyn…
Meets Mondays, 12-12:50 pm. Buffet lunch starting at 11:30 am August 29 Katherine Michelmore (UM faculty)- Room B0570September 5 NO PFFLS (Labor Day) -Room B0570September 12 Basit Zafar (UM faculty) – Room B0570September 19 Lea Bart (joint work with Emily Horton) -Room B0570September 26 …
OTPR’s 30th Anniversary CelebrationJune 22-23, 2018Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Tax InvitationalJune 10-11, 2016Ann Arbor, MI Tax Systems ConferenceOctober 9-10, 2014Oxford, UK International Institute of Public Finance’s Annual CongressAugust 20-23, 2014Lugano, CH Michigan Tax InvitationalJune 6-7, 2014Ann Arbor, MI Rethinking the Taxation of the Financial Sector in the Light of the Recent CrisisFebruary 5, 2010New York,…
November 21 – 23, 2019 The 112th Annual Conference of the National Tax Association was held in Tampa, Florida on November 21-23, 2019. One of the highlights of the conference was a keynote by our own director, Joel Slemrod. His topic was a project he has been working on for the last six years–his soon-to-be-published…
November 18 – 21, 2020 The regular OTPR Family and Friends Dinner did not take place but that did not stop us from having an evening gathering. In addition to recognizing promotions and awards, we played OTPR Jeopardy. Finally, we separated into subject breakout rooms where our alumni (and current faculty) spent time answering questions and…
November 15 – 17, 2018 The 111th Annual Conference of the National Tax Association, held November 15-17, 2018 in New Orleans, LA, was co-chaired by two members of the OTPR Family — Kevin Markle, advised by OTPR Alum, Doug Shackelford, and Mike Lovenheim, OTPR Alum. They organized a great conference that was attended by the largest…
June 22-23, 2018 The first day’s events were live streamed and can be found at the following two links: Morning (https://rossmedia.bus.umich.edu/rossmedia/Play/b4df92765b9d477fb54f50b1545e94571d) Afternoon (https://rossmedia.bus.umich.edu/rossmedia/Play/3ad4edec5b9c4c2b816e2daaf69b1b511d) The conference was well attended by more than 150 people representing 12 different countries, as well as Federal government offices such as the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congressional Budget Office, Office of Tax…
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…
