May 30, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, congratulates Fellow-In-Residence Kevin Milligan for winning the 2014 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize for his Institute report “Tax Policy for a New Era: Promoting Economic Growth and Fairness.”
“Kevin Milligan has put forward a compelling plan to modernize Canada’s tax system,” stated Robson. “All of us at the C.D. Howe Institute are delighted by this recognition of his work.”
This marks the sixth time that a C.D. Howe Institute publication has won the Purvis Prize, which is awarded annually by the Canadian Economics Associations to authors of highly significant, written contribution to Canadian economic policy. To date, Institute publications have won over a quarter of all prizes.
In addition to his fellowship with the Institute, Professor Milligan is a member of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness Council. He is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver School of Economics. Since 2011, he has served as Co-Editor of the Canadian Tax Journal, and is also affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research.
He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a UBC Killam Research Prize, the 2009 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize, the Harry Johnson Prize for best article in the Canadian Journal of Economics, and the Kendrick Prize for best article in the Review of Income and Wealth.
Professor Milligan studied at Queen’s University and the University of Toronto, receiving his Ph.D. in 2001. His thesis was awarded the 2002 National Tax Association dissertation award.
For more information please contact: James Fleming of the C.D. Howe Institute at 416-865-1904; email:jfleming@cdhowe.org.
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