June 21-25, 1999 OTPR, along with the Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance at UC-Berkeley and the Fund for Tax Research and John M. Olin Center of Law, Economics, and Business of Harvard Law School, sponsored a workshop in Berkeley, CA during the week of June 21-25, 1999. This workshop provided an overview…
The International Institute of Public Finance’s Young Economists Award was instituted in 2008, with the aim of encouraging young scholars who present their papers at the IIPF annual congress. A Prize Committee, headed by the Scientific Chair of the respective congress, selects those papers presented at the congress that stand out for their scientific quality,…
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…
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…
(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, B1580Reception 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…
This year’s International Institute of Public Finance’s 73rd Annual Congress was held in Tokyo, Japan. The OTPR Family was well represented with the following attendees: Claudio Agostini (2003), David Agrawal (2012), Jacob Bastian (2017), Sutirtha Bagchi (2014), Estelle Dauchy (2007), Enda Hargaden (2016), Makoto Hasegawa (2013), Ryo Ishida (2015), Laura Kalambokidis (1992), Sara LaLumia (2006), Ben Meiselman (2017), Eric Ohrn (2014), Nathan Seegert (2013),…
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…
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…
