Joel Slemrod | |
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| Born | (1951-07-14)July 14, 1951 (age 74) Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (AB) Harvard University (MA,PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Feldstein |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Public economics |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Doctoral students | Lillian Mills,Wojciech Kopczuk |
| Notable ideas | |
| Awards | Daniel M. Holland Medal,National Tax Association (2012)[1] |
| Website | |
Joel Brian Slemrod (born July 14, 1951)[2] is an American economist and academic, currently serving as a professor of economics at theUniversity of Michigan and the Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at theStephen M. Ross School of Business at theUniversity of Michigan.[3]
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree fromPrinceton University in 1973 and a Ph.D. in economics fromHarvard University in 1980.[4]
Slemrod has served on the faculty of theUniversity of Michigan since 1987, and does research on taxation, with a focus on taxation of personal income. He is co-author ofTaxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Great Debate over Tax Reform and the editor of Does Atlas Shrug? The Economic Consequences of Taxing the Rich.[5] Slemrod also serves as Director of the Office of Tax Policy Research, which is a research center at the University of Michigan on matters of tax policy.[6]
In 2001, Slemrod shared anIg Nobel Prize withWojciech Kopczuk, ofColumbia University, for a paper concluding that people find a way to postpone their deaths if that would qualify them for a lower rate on theinheritance tax.[7][8]
In 2012, Slemrod was awarded theDaniel M. Holland Medal by theNational Tax Association.[1]
Slemrod has authored op-ed articles forThe New York Times andThe Hill. He has also been featured onCNBC andFox Business.[9][10][11]
