James Alm

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James Alm
BornJanuary 6, 1950
Occupationprofessor

James Alm (born January 6, 1950) is a professor and the Chair of

New Orleans, LA.[1]

Alm's research areas focus on public economics, specifically, tax compliance and tax evasion, the marriage tax, tax and expenditure limitations, tax amnesties, taxpayer responses to tax reforms, enterprise zones, the determinants of state economic growth, and corruption. Alm has also participated in extensive application of his research on fiscal reforms in numerous countries, including Bangladesh, Jamaica, Grenada, Indonesia, Turkey, Hungary, China, Egypt, the Philippines, Russia, Uganda, Nigeria, India, Colombia, Nepal, Ukraine, Pakistan, and South Africa. Alm's international projects have been funded by the

.

Alm is the Editor of

.

Prior to going to Tulane University as Chair of the Department of Economics, Alm served as chair of economics department in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and also as Dean of the Andrew Young School. Alm additionally taught at Syracuse University and at the University of Colorado at Boulder.[3] He earned his master's degree in economics at the University of Chicago and his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Alm has been ranked among the world's top economists by

IDEAS/RePEc.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tulane Economics - Department Members".
  2. ^ "SAGE, Public Finance Review=". 28 October 2015.
  3. ^ "James Alm Biography".
  4. ^ "Economist Rankings at IDEAS".