Feb 14, 2012 - The C.D. Howe Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Michael Smart as an Institute Fellow-in-Residence focusing on fiscal and tax policy.
"Professor Smart is one of Canada's foremost economists, whose clear thinking and academic talent will be a tremendous contribution to the Institute's Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness Council," stated Finn Poschmann, the Institute's Vice President, Research. "We are proud and glad to have Michael aboard."
The C.D. Howe Institute's Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness Council comprises 35 of Canada's leading fiscal and tax policy experts, drawn from business, academia, and the public sector.
Michael Smart is Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation and of CESifo at the University of Munich, and a specialist in the economic analysis of tax policy and fiscal federalism.
He has published widely on tax policy, fiscal federalism, and other subjects, in journals including the American Economic Review, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, and Journal of Public Economics. He is has served as a Co-Editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Public Economics and International Tax and Public Finance. Professor Smart received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1995.
His C.D. Howe Institute work includes "New Housing and the Harmonized Sales Tax: Lessons from Ontario" (with Bev Dahlby and Benjamin Dachis), "Lessons in Harmony: What Experience in the Atlantic Provinces Shows About the Benefits of a Harmonized Sales Tax," "Federal Transfers: Principles, Practice, and Prospects," and "Brooking no Favorites A New Approach to Regional Development in Atlantic Canada" (with Jack Mintz).
Co-chaired by Don Drummond and William A. MacKinnon, FCA, the Institute's Fiscal and Tax Competitiveness Council is a key source of advice for the C.D. Howe Institute's research in fiscal policy and central in the expert external review of the Institute's work. Its work provides key analysis and advice to Canadian governments as they work to improve the effectiveness of their programs, make their taxes more growth-friendly, and bolster their balance sheets in the years ahead.
The C. D. Howe Institute is an independent not-for-profit organization that aims to raise Canadians' living standards by fostering economically sound public policies. It is a trusted source of essential policy intelligence, with research that is rigorous, evidence-based, and peer-reviewed, recommendations that are relevant, constructive, and timely, and communications that are clear, authoritative and practical.
For more information contact: James Fleming, Vice President of Publications and Media, C.D. Howe Institute: (416) 865-1904