Richard M. Bird

University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

Professor Emeritus

105 St. George Street

Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6 M5S1S4

Canada

Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Public Policy

Distinguished Visiting Professor

International Studies Program

Atlanta, GA 30303-3083

United States

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1.

Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries

Institute for International Business Working Paper No. 9
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Mar 2008
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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taxation, developing countries, political economy, institutions

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Redistribution Via Taxation: The Limited Role of the Personal Income Tax in Developing Countries

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 52, 2005, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 05-22
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 20 Sep 2005
Eric M. Zolt and Richard M. Bird
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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redistribution, inequaltiy, personal income tax, developing countries, tax reform

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Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries: A Perspective from Outside the Policy Arena

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 24 Apr 2009
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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taxation, economic development, tax rates, tax bases, tax administration, politics of taxation

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Technology and Taxation in Developing Countries: From Hand to Mouse

UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 08-07
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2008
Richard M. Bird and Eric M. Zolt
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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taxation, developing countries, tax administration, information technology

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Public Finance in Developing Countries

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2111065
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2012
Arindam Das-Gupta and Richard M. Bird
Goa Institute of Management and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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public finance, fiscal advice, fiscal decentralization, taxation, globalization, non-tax revenue

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The Costs of VAT: A Review of the Literature

Case Network Reports No. 106/2012
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 16 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 04 May 2012
Luca Barbone, Richard M. Bird and Jaime Vázquez Caro
CASE - Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Taxation, Subsidies, Revenue

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China's Fiscal System: A Work in Progress

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 07-11
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Jan 2006
Richard M. Bird and Christine P.W. Wong
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Washington
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China, intergovernmental finance, taxation, budget

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Tax Policy in Emerging Countries

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Vol. 26, pp. 73-86, 2008, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 08-18
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 28 Nov 2008
Eric M. Zolt and Richard M. Bird
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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tax policies in emerging countries, tax structures, developing tax policies

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Dual Income Taxation and Developing Countries

Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 1, pp. 174-217, 2010, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 10-07
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 May 2010
Richard M. Bird and Eric M. Zolt
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Dual income taxation, Flat taxes, Corporate taxation, Taxing business profits, Tax policy in developing countries

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Sales Taxation in Canada: The GST-HST-QST-RST 'System'

Revision of paper present at American Tax Policy Institute Conference on Structuring a Federal VAT: Design and Coordination Issues, Washington, D.C., February 18-19, 2009
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Jun 2009
Richard M. Bird and Pierre-Pascal Gendron
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
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Canada, United States, Value-added tax, Retail sales tax, State taxes

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Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries

CREMA Working Paper No. 2004-21
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Feb 2005
Richard M. Bird, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Benno Torgler
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and Yale University - Yale Center for International and Area Studies
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Tax effort, societal institutions, developing countries

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Tax Assignment Revisited

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Sep 2008
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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tax assignment, fiscal federalism, Musgrave, Brazil, India, China, Russia, Nigeria

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Urban Governance and Finance in India

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 1568858
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Mar 2010
M. Govinda Rao and Richard M. Bird
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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India, Urban Public Finance, Urban Governance, Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations, Property Tax, Metropolitan Areas, Infrastructure Finance

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The Impact on Investment of Replacing a Retail Sales Tax by a Value-Added Tax: Evidence from Canadian Experience

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Sep 2008
Michael Smart and Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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state taxes, sales tax, value-added tax, investment

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Subnational Taxes in Developing Countries: The Way Forward

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Subnational Taxes in Developing Countries: The Way Forward

Institute for International Business Working Paper No. 16
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Sep 2008
Roy W. Bahl and Richard M. Bird
Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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local taxes, regional taxes, fiscal decentralization, developing countries

Subnational Taxes in Developing Countries: The Way Forward

Public Budgeting & Finance, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 1-25, Winter 2008
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Roy W. Bahl and Richard M. Bird
Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Global Taxes and International Taxation: Mirage and Reality

ICTD Working Paper 28, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2587842
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Apr 2015
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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global taxes; international taxation; taxes on finance; carbon taxes; international governance

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The Economic Incidence of Replacing a Retail Sales Tax by a Value-Added Tax: Evidence from Canadian Experience

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2008
Michael Smart and Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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tax incidence, sales tax, value-added tax, Canada

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The Gst Cut and Fiscal Imbalance

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Jul 2006
Michael Smart and Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Canada, GST, fiscal imbalance, retail sales tax

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Taxation in Latin America: Reflections on Sustainability and the Balance between Equity and Efficiency

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Apr 2009
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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taxation, Latin America, political equilibrium, equity, efficiency

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Tax System Change and the Impact of Tax Research

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 1500018
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Nov 2009
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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tax policy, tax research, developing countries, administration, political economy

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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Poverty Alleviation in Viet Nam

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Richard M. Bird, Jennie I. Litvak and M. Govinda Rao
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, World Bank - East Asia and Pacific Region and Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC)
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Visibility and Accountability: Is Tax-Inclusive Pricing a Good Thing?

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Dec 2009
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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tax visibility, tax-exclusive pricing, tax-inclusive pricing, sales tax

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VAT in a Federal System: Lessons from Canada

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VAT in a Federal System: Lessons from Canada

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2115622
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Jul 2012
Richard M. Bird and Michael Smart
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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VAT, GST, Canada, dual VAT

VAT in a Federal System: Lessons from Canada

Public Budgeting & Finance, Vol. 34, Issue 4, pp. 38-60, 2014
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Dec 2014
Richard M. Bird and Michael Smart
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Tobacco and Alcohol Excise Taxes for Improving Public Health and Revenue Outcomes: Marrying Sin and Virtue?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7500
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Disease Control & Prevention, Government Policies, Youth and Governance, Tobacco Use and Control, National Governance, Public Health Promotion

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Rethinking Subnational Taxes: A New Look at Tax Assignment

IMF Working Paper No. 99/165
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Feb 2006
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Tax assignment, Subnational taxes, Local business taxes, Regional governments

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Study to Quantify and Analyse the VAT Gap in the EU-27 Member States

CASE Network Reports No. 116/2013
Number of pages: 168 Posted: 11 Dec 2013
Luca Barbone, Misha Belkindas, Leon Bettendorf, Richard M. Bird, Mikhail Bonch-Osmolovskiy and Michael Smart
CASE - Center for Economic and Social Research, CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Optimal Taxation, Efficiency, Incidence, Externalities, Redistributive Effects, Environmental Taxes and Subsidies, Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies, Business Taxes and Subsidies, Tax Evasion, Other Sources of Revenue, Other

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The BBLR Approach to Tax Reform in Emerging Countries

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Sep 2008
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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tax reform, tax bases, tax rates, tax administration

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Is Decentralization 'Glue' or 'Solvent' for National Unity?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Jan 2010
François Vaillancourt, Edison Roy-Cesar and Richard M. Bird
University of Montreal, University of Montreal and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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National Unity, Decentralization, Secession, Autonomy, Quebec, Scotland, Wales, Belgium, Spain

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Taxation and Inequality in Canada and the United States: Two Stories or One?

52 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 401 (2015), UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 15-15, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2652902
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Aug 2015
Richard M. Bird and Eric M. Zolt
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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income inequality, taxation, tax systems in Canada and the U.S., tax policies

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Fiscal Reform and Rural Public Finance in China

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 1498776
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Nov 2009
Richard M. Bird, Loren Brandt, Scott Rozelle and Linxiu Zhang
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - Department of Economics, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Chinese Academy of Sciences - Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
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China, rural sector, villages, townships, local taxes, fees, intergovernmental

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The GST/HST: Creating an Integrated Sales Tax in a Federal Country

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2115620
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Jul 2012
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Canada, VAT, subnational taxes, intergovernmental fiscal relations

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Tax Aspects of Canadian Fiscal Federalism

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Oct 2010
Benjamin Alarie and Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Are Global Taxes Feasible?

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3006175
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2018
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Global Tax, International Taxation, Financing International Organizations, Supranational Taxation, Tax Policy

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Assigning State Taxes in a Federal Country: The Case of Australia

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2009
Richard M. Bird and Michael Smart
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Australia, state taxes, intergovernmental transfers, fiscal federalism

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Taxation, Inequality and Fiscal Contracting in the Americas

UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 13-14, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2321868
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Sep 2013
Richard M. Bird and Eric M. Zolt
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Fiscal redistribution, taxation, inequality, fiscal contract, Latin America, United States

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Vat in Ukraine: An Interim Report

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 07-12
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Jan 2006
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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value-added tax, Ukraine, transitional countries

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Subnational Taxation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature

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Subnational Taxation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5450
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Subnational Economic Development, Public Sector Economics, Taxation & Subsidies, Debt Markets, Public & Municipal Finance

Subnational Taxation in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature

Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific, 2011
Posted: 22 Aug 2011
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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Fiscal decentralisation, subnational taxes, tax assignment

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Fiscal Contracting in Latin America

World Development, Vol. 67, pp. 323, 2015, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 14-13, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2496576
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2015
Richard M. Bird and Eric M. Zolt
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Fiscal redistribution, taxation, inequality, fiscal contracting, middle class, Latin America

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Taxing Consumption in Canada: Rates, Revenues, and Redistribution

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Mar 2016
Richard M. Bird and Michael Smart
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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sales tax, excise tax, value-added tax, incidence, progressivity

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Local Government Finance: Trends and Questions

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Aug 2010
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Local Finance, International Comparisons, Models of Local Finance

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Earmarked Grants and Accountability in Government

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 1498775
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Nov 2009
Richard M. Bird and Michael Smart
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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grants, grants, earmarking, accountability, fiscal federalism, intergovernmental transfers

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Fiscal Decentralization and Decentralizing Tax Administration: Different Questions, Different Answers

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2694651
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 Nov 2015
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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fiscal decentralization, tax administration, Canada, China, Germany, Spain

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Local Taxes and Local Expenditures in Developing Countries: Strengthening the Wicksellian Connection

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2423519
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Apr 2014
Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies
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decentralization; local finance; benefit principle; user charges

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Taxation and Development: What Have We Learned from Fifty Years of Research?

ICTD Research in Brief, Issue 1, October 2013, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2437489
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 17 May 2014
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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taxation in developing countries; tax research and tax policy; economics; politics and administration of taxation; Research in Brief

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Financing Infrastructure: Who Should Pay?

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3083743
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Dec 2017
Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies
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Infrastructure, User Charges

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The Spending Power in Federal Countries

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Dec 2009
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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federal-state relations, Canada, United States, Germany, Australia, Switzerland

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Reflections on Assessing Urban Fiscal Health

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2423000
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Apr 2014
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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fiscal health, fiscal sustainability, local finance, cities

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The Corporate Income Tax in Canada: Does Its Past Foretell Its Future?

SPP Research Papers, Volume 9, Issue 38, December 2016 , Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2896985
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Jan 2017
Richard M. Bird and Thomas A. Wilson
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Corporate Tax, Corporate Tax Rate, Effective Tax Rate

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VATs in Federations and Common Markets

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2115616
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2012
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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VAT, regional VAT, Brazil, India, Canada, European Union

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International Tax Sharing: Can the Dream become Reality?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Jul 2019
Richard M. Bird and Jack Mintz
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Calgary - The School of Public Policy
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international tax, corporate tax, international cooperation, federal finance

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Why We Should But Don't Pay the Right Prices for Urban Infrastructure

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2909873
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Feb 2017
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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user charges, infrastructure finance, benefit principle, local taxation, public-private partnerships

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What Have We Learned from Fifty Years of Research?

ICTD Working Paper 1, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2408527
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Mar 2014
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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ICTD, Taxation in Developing Countries, Tax Research and Tax Policy, Economics, Politics

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Financing Regional Public Transit in Ontario: The Case for Strengthening the Wicksellian Connection

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2642438
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Aug 2015
Enid Slack and Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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infrastructure finance, urban transit, linking expenditures and revenues

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Who Should Pay for Infrastructure?

Regulation, Vol. 41, No. 1, Spring 2018, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3147198
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Mar 2018
Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies
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infrastructure, user fees, user charges, general taxation, public investment

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Policy Forum: Equalization and Canada's Fiscal Constitution — The Tie That Binds?

Canadian Tax Journal/Revue Fiscale Canadienne, Vol. 66, No. 4, 2018
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Jan 2019
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Equalization, Fiscal, Constitution, Federal-Provincial, Transfer Payments

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The Income Tax in an Uncertain World: Pillar, Symbol, and Instrument

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The Income Tax in an Uncertain World: Pillar, Symbol, and Instrument

Conference, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Canadian Tax Foundation in Toronto, February 2019.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Aug 2019
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Canada; tax policy; income taxes; income redistribution

The Income Tax in an Uncertain World: Pillar, Symbol, and Instrument

Canadian Tax Journal/Revue fiscale canadienne, Vol. 67, No. 3, 2019, pp. 623-642
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Oct 2019
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Canada, tax policy, income taxes, income redistribution

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The Interregional Incidence of Central Budgets in Federations: Some Evidence from Canada

Public Budgeting & Finance, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 1-19, Spring 2007
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Feb 2007
François Vaillancourt and Richard M. Bird
University of Montreal and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Equalization and Canada’s Fiscal Constitution: The Tie That Binds?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Oct 2018
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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Canada, Equalization, Fiscal Constitution, Federal-Provincial Relations

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Taxing Sugary Drinks

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Aug 2020
Roy W. Bahl and Richard M. Bird
Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
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excises, soft drinks, internalizes, externalities, earmarking, public health

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Finances of the Nation: Taxing Consumption in Canada: Rates, Revenues, and Redistribution

Canadian Tax Journal, 2016, Vol. 64, No. 2, p. 417, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2909918
Posted: 02 Feb 2017
Richard M. Bird and Michael Smart
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics

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sales taxes, excise taxes, rates, revenue, incidence, redistribution

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Sales Taxes in Canada: The GSTt-HST-QST-RST Systems

Tax Law Review, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2010
Posted: 01 Sep 2010
Richard M. Bird and Pierre-Pascal Gendron
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

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VAT

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Is a State VAT the Answer? What is the Question?

State Tax Notes, Vol. 45, No. 13, September 24, 2007
Posted: 21 Sep 2007
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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Taxing Sales Twice: International Experience with Multilevel Sales Taxes

State Tax Notes, Vol. 37, No. 11, September 12, 2005
Posted: 09 Sep 2005
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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A New Look at Local Business Taxes

Posted: 30 May 2005
Richard M. Bird
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

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Cvat, Vivat, and Dual Vat: Vertical 'Sharing' and Interstate Trade

Posted: 11 Mar 2002
Richard M. Bird and Pierre-Pascal Gendron
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and KPMG Meijburg & Co.

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VAT, cross-border trade, sub-national sales taxes

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Dual Vats and Cross-Border Trade: Two Problems, One Solution?

International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1998
Posted: 24 Apr 1998
Richard M. Bird and Pierre-Pascal Gendron
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and KPMG Meijburg & Co.

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