NATIONAL TAX ASSOCIATION
2008 Annual Competition for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations in Government Finance and Taxation:


All graduate students at accredited
U.S. and Canadian Institutions and individuals who will receive the doctoral degree or its equivalent after July 1, 2007 , and before June 1, 2008 , are eligible for the awards. The deadline for submission is June 15, 2008 .

Dissertations (theoretical and applied) may be on any topic in the area of government finance, including taxation, debt and fiscal policy, public choice, expenditures, budgeting, administrative and management science applications, program analysis, and policy evaluation.

Entries will be judged by a panel of experts on the basis of originality, clarity of exposition, and significance of the analysis for scholars and practitioners of government finance.

The winner receives $2,000 and the opportunity to adapt the manuscript for publication in the National Tax Journal. Two honorable mention awards of $1,000 each may be given for other outstanding entries. The winners will be announced in September 2008.

The awards will be presented at the 101st Annual Conference on Taxation in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , November 20-22, 2008 . Papers based on the dissertations are delivered at a special session - Frontiers of Public Finance - and are published in the Conference Proceedings.

All submissions must be accompanied by an entry application, nomination form, and formal letter of nomination from the chair of the doctoral dissertation committee certifying the date of its acceptance and the specific qualities that warrant its nomination. These are available from the National Tax Association web site at http://www.ntanet.org, or contact NTA at natltax@aol.com or 202-737-3325.

All correspondence regarding the awards, including entry and nomination forms, letters of nomination, and dissertations should be addressed to:

National Tax Association

725 15th Street  NW  Suite 600

Washington  DC  20005-2109

For further information, contact the National Tax Association at 202-737-3325 or natltax@aol.com.  

A list of past winners can be found here.

 

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