Current Research in Taxation
The University of Texas, Austin and University of Waterloo
The University of Texas, Austin, and the University of Waterloo are holding their fifth joint symposium on research in taxation. Building on the success of the previous conferences, we look forward to providing a forum for stimulating discussion of emerging research topics.
The symposium is hosted by the University of Texas at Austin and the Waterloo Centre for Taxation in a Global Economy. It will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 29 and 30, 2022, at the historic One King West Hotel in downtown Toronto with dinner at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Topics
We encourage researchers to submit papers in all areas of research in taxation. However, on the margin, we will favor papers that have the potential either to open new research avenues to other scholars, or to affect tax policy directions, either within a specific country, or more broadly across countries.
Please share this with your colleagues and doctoral students.
We encourage conference submissions that use empirical archival, experimental, analytical, or other methods.
Paper Submission Process
By May 31, 2022, papers should be submitted in PDF format with a file name ideally as Author Names and Date; for example, DeSimoneKlassen2022Jan10.
Selections will be completed by June 15, 2022.
Conference invitations will be extended in June 2022, and will include travel funding for selected doctoral students if accompanied by their advisors.
2022 Program
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Current Research in Taxation One King West Hotel, 1 King Street West, Toronto |
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| September 29 (Thursday) | |
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Registration: One King West Hotel |
| 2:30 - 3:45 | The effect of common institutional ownership on corporate tax planning Thomas Kubick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Thomas Omer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Taylor Paskett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Discussant: Andrew Bauer, University of Waterloo |
| 3:45 - 4:15 | Break |
| 4:15 - 5:30 | Tax complexity and tax department structure: The hidden cost of complex tax systems Henning Giese, Paderborn University Reinald Koch, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt Caren Sureth-Sloane, Paderborn University Discussant: John Gallemore, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
| 6:30 - 9:00 | Reception and Dinner: Hockey Hall of Fame |
| September 30 (Friday) | |
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Breakfast |
| A Morning on Tax Enforcement | |
| 8:00 - 9:15 | Remote tax authority Andrew Belnap, University of Texas at Austin Anthony Welsch, University of Texas at Austin Branden Williams, University of Texas at Austin Discussant: LeAnn Luna, University of Tennessee |
| 9:15 - 9:45 | Break |
| 9:45 - 11:00 | Can Better Tax Enforcement Moderate Airbnb’s Pressure on Housing Costs? Jessie Ellis, North Carolina State University David Kenchington, Arizona State University Jared Smith, North Carolina State University Roger White, Arizona State University Discussant: Stacie Laplante, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| 11:05 - 12:20 | Tax enforcement and foreign investment by multinational corporations: Evidence from Tax Inspectors Without Borders Duke Ferguson, University of Kentucky Trent Krupa, University of Arkansas Rick Laux, Purdue University Discussant: Rebecca Lester, Stanford University |
| 12:20 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45 - 3:00 | R&D investments of U.S. multinational companies: The effect of U.S. tax reform Jing Huang, Virginia Tech University Benjamin Osswald, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ryan Wilson, University of Iowa Discussant: Shannon Chen, University of Arizona |
This is an invitation only event.