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Michigan M-Taxi 2016

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…

OTPR Faculty and Alumni Attend 2014 IIPF

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…

Michigan M-Taxi 2014

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…

Tax Competition and Subnational Governments

In April 2014, we teamed up with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Center for Business and Economic Research) and the University of Georgia (Department of Economics) to convene leading academic economists and accountants to study competition in subnational governments and urban areas, and present their findings in an open conference. The competition was studied and presented…

Richard Musgrave Visiting Professorship

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…

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…