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OTPR Newsletter

February 2017 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…

2012 Daniel M. Holland Award

For more information regarding Joel Slemrod’s receipt of the Daniel M. Holland Award at the 2012 National Tax Association Annual Meeting, pictures, and the student’s reflections on attending the NTA, please see the OTPR December 2012 newsletter.   Forty-nine OTPR-affiliated alumni, current students, and guests gathered to celebrate with Joel in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 15, 2012.

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…

David Albouy, Research Associate of the Office of Tax Policy Research, Wins IIPF Peggy And Richard Musgrave Prize for 2012

The International Institute of Public Finance created the “Peggy and Richard Musgrave Prize” in 2003 to honor and encourage younger scholars whose work meets the high standards of scientific quality, creativity, and relevance that have been a mark of the Musgraves’ contribution to public finance. It is awarded annually, on the advice of the Chair…

Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance

The Office of Tax Policy Research recently hosted the 67th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance.  Over 350 people from 30 countries attended this 4-day event that included 5 Keynote Speakers, 75 sessions, and over 250 papers. On the second day of the Congress, participants went on an excursion to the Henry…

Workshop on International Taxation

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…

David Agrawal, University of Georgia (2012 Graduate of the University of Michigan), Wins IIPF Young Economists Award

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,…

Candace Johnson Award

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…

Fowling???

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…

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…