“Rhys is one of Canada’s leading tax experts,” remarked Robson.
February 8, 2016 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of J. Rhys Kesselman, professor and Canada Research Chair in Public Finance at Simon Fraser University, as a Research Fellow.
“Rhys is one of Canada’s leading tax experts,” remarked Robson. “We are very glad to continue our work with him—the research program with benefit greatly.”
Professor Kesselman’s most recent Institute report, co-authored with Alexandre Laurin, is entitled: “Income Splitting for Two-Parent Families: Who Gains, Who Doesn’t, and at What Cost?”
Professor Kesselman is a frequent commentator on issues of public finance, taxation and economic policy. He has written widely on topics in tax policy, income security, employment policy and social insurance finance.
His research has been recognized by the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Professorial Fellowship in Economic Policy (1985), the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Research Award (2002 and 2015), and the Canadian Economics Association’s Doug Purvis Memorial Prize for Canadian economic policy research (1998 and 2007). He serves on the editorial boards of Canadian Public Policy and the Canadian Tax Journal.
From 1972 to 2003 he was a professor of economics at the University of British Columbia, and from 1992 to 2003 he served as director of the UBC Centre for Research on Economic and Social Policy. He was director and principal investigator of the SSHRC/MCRI project on “Equality/Security/Community.” He has a B.A. (Hon.) in economics from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T.
For more information please contact: James Fleming of the C.D. Howe Institute at 416-865-1904; email: media@cdhowe.org.
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