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Michael Smart

Professor (on leave)
Ph.D. (Stanford, 1995), M.A. (UBC, 1988), B.A. (McGill, 1986)
Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 268. Phone: 416-978-5119. Fax: 416-978-6713.
Personal website: http://sites.google.com/view/smarteconomics
Research fields: Public economics

Selected research

  • Qing Hong and Michael Smart, "In praise of tax havens: International tax planning and foreign direct investment", European Economic Review 54 (1) (2010), 82–95.
  • Tim Besley and Michael Smart, "Fiscal Restraint and Voter Welfare", Journal of Public Economics 91 (3-4) (2007), 755–773.
  • Jack Mintz and Michael Smart, "Income Shifting, Investment, and Tax Competition: Theory and Evidence from Provincial Taxation in Canada", Journal of Public Economics 88 (6) (2004), 1149–1168.
  • Nicolas Marceau and Michael Smart, "Corporate Lobbying and Commitment Failure in Capital Taxation", American Economic Review 93 (1) (2003), 241–251.
All publications

Honors and awards

  • John C. Polanyi Prize in Economic Science, 1999.
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Dissertation fellowship, 1995.