Thomas Wilson

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Education

PhD, Harvard University

MA, Harvard University

BA, University of British Columbia

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Summary

Thomas Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Economics, and Senior Advisor to the Policy and Economic Analysis Program at the Rotman Institute for International Business at the University of Toronto. His areas of research and consulting include economic forecasting, fiscal policy analysis, tax policy analysis, wage-price models, regulatory proceedings, competition policy, advertising and industrial organization. He has authored the papers “Fiscal Policies in Canada: A Twenty-Five Year Perspective,” with Peter Dungan and Steve Murphy (University of Toronto, 2018) and “The Corporate Income Tax in Canada: Does its Past Foretell its Future?” with Richard M. Bird (University of Calgary, 2016.)

Latest Publications by Author

Growth Oriented Sales Tax Reform for Ontario: Replacing the Retail Sales Tax with a 7.5 Percent Value-Added Tax

Jack Mintz, Finn Poschmann, Thomas Wilson

Removing the Shackles: Deferring Capital Gains Taxes on Asset Rollovers

Jack Mintz, Thomas Wilson

Saving the Future: Restoring Fairness to the Taxation of Savings

Jack Mintz, Thomas Wilson

Capitalizing on Cuts to Capital Gains Taxes

Jack Mintz, Thomas Wilson

The Electronic Village: Policy Issues of the Information Economy

Thomas Wilson

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