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),…
More photos of both the Subnational Government Competition and M-TAXI conferences can be found in the July issue of the OTPR newsletter. In addition, we have started a new feature recognizing the achievements of OTPR-affiliated alumni; please be sure to share with us any of your accomplishments. Lastly, Part 1 of the OTPR Family Tree has been completed…
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…
Professor Joel Slemrod has embarked on a European journey. Please see the log below for details. 09/04/2014 — Presented the Keynote address at a seminar held in Helsinki, Finland and entitled "Casting Light on the Shadow Economy: A Field Experiment Approach." 09/06/2014 — Presented at a conference entitled "Inequality — Measurement, Trends, Impacts and Policies" sponsored…
Everyone seems to agree that it's a good idea to place tax reform at the heart of a package of policies to stave off the fiscal cliff and address the long-term fiscal imbalance. But what can it accomplish other than raising revenue without raising tax rates? One set of lessons comes from the consequences of…
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…
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 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…
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…
