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Richard M. Bird

Richard M. Bird

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
55
Citations
13671
World Ranking
1060
National Ranking
26

Overview

Richard M. Bird was affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily focused on taxation and compliance studies within the broader field of economics and econometrics.

Their published work included contributions to notable academic journals and venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Developing Economies

Among their recent papers were:

  • "VAT Gaps in Developing Countries: Measurement, Administration and Politics," published in 2020 in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Modernizing VATs in Africa by Sijbren Cnossen, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, xv + 350 pp.," published in 2020 in The Developing Economies

Their research involved collaboration with coauthors, including Pierre-Pascal Gendron.

Their academic contributions addressed key topics related to the measurement and administration of value-added tax (VAT), particularly in developing countries and African contexts.

Richard M. Bird's work reflects engagement with complex taxation mechanisms and challenges in economic policy, contributing to ongoing discussions in taxation compliance and fiscal reform within developing economies.

Best Publications

  • THREADING THE FISCAL LABYRINTH: SOME ISSUES IN FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION

    Richard M. Bird

  • Rethinking Decentralization in Developing Countries

    Unknown

  • Tax Effort in Developing Countries and High Income Countries: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability

    Richard M. Bird;Jorge Martinez-Vazquez;Benno Torgler

  • Wagner's o Law' of Expanding State Activity

    Richard M Bird

  • The VAT in developing and transitional countries

    Richard Miller Bird;Pierre-Pascal Gendron

  • Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries

    Richard Miller Bird;François Vaillancourt

  • Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: International Lessons for Developing Countries

    Richard M Bird;Michael Smart

  • Tax policy and economic development

    Richard Miller Bird

  • Societal Institutions and Tax Reform in Developing Countries

    Richard Bird;Jorge Martinez-Vazquez;Benno Torgler

  • Improving Tax Administration in Developing Countries

    Richard M. Bird

  • Public Finance in Theory and Practice

    Richard M. Bird;Richard A. Musgrave;Peggy B. Musgrave

  • Rethinking Subnational Taxes; A New Look At Tax Assignment

    Richard Bird

  • Federal finance in comparative perspective

    Richard Miller Bird

  • International handbook of land and property taxation

    Richard Bird;Enid Slack

  • Subnational Taxes in Developing Countries: The Way Forward

    Roy Bahl;Richard Bird

  • Taxing agricultural land in developing countries

    Richard Miller Bird

  • The growth of government spending in Canada

    Richard Miller Bird

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

    Eric M. Zolt;Richard M. Bird;Richard M. Bird

  • Rethinking Subnational Taxes : A New Look At Tax Assignment

    Richard Miller Bird

  • THREADING THE FISCAL LABYRINTH: SOME ISSUES IN FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION

    Unknown

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

    Richard M. Bird;Pierre Pascal Gendron

  • Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries

    Richard M. Bird;Jorge Martinez-Vazquez;Benno Torgler

  • The limited role of the personal income tax in developing countries

    Richard M. Bird;Eric M. Zolt

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Smart
Michael Smart Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Henry J. Aaron
Henry J. Aaron Brookings Institution
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez Georgia State University
Benno Torgler
Benno Torgler Queensland University of Technology
Jack M. Mintz
Jack M. Mintz University of Calgary
Richard A. Musgrave
Richard A. Musgrave Harvard University
Caroline Freund
Caroline Freund University of California, San Diego
Loren Brandt
Loren Brandt University of Toronto
Joel Slemrod
Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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