The 2007 Tax History Conference Schedule
July 16 – 17, 2007
UCLA School of Law
Sponsored by the UCLA School of Law and the UCLA Center for Economic History
There is limited seating for this event. Please e-mail tax@law.ucla.edu if you are interested in attending.
Sunday, July 15
| 5:00 pm : | Wine and Cheese Reception – Fourth Floor Tower, UCLA Law Library |
| Dinner on your own |
Monday, July 16
| 8:15 am – 9:00 am : | Check-In and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 9:15 am : | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
| 9:15 am – 10:45 am : | Session I |
| Adam Chodorow, Arizona State (Law) Biblical Tax Systems and the Argument for Progressive Taxation Comments: Dennis Ventry |
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| Charlotte Crane, Northwestern (Law) Some Possible Images of Federalism: The 1798 Stamp Tax Comments: Sheldon Pollack |
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| 10:45am – 11:00 am : | Break |
| 11:00am – 12:30 pm : | Session II |
| Elliot Brownlee, UC-Santa Barbara (History) The Shoup Mission to Japan: Two Political Economies Intersect Comments: Kathryn James |
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| Ilan Ben-Shalom, Northwestern (Law) The Quest to Tax Interest Income in a Global Economy: Stages in the Development of International Income Taxation Comments: Jeff Timmons |
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| 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm : | Lunch |
| 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm : | Session III |
| Onno Ydema, Leiden University, The Netherlands (Law) Discussions on Graduated Taxation in the Batavian Republic Comments: Ilan Ben-Shalom |
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| Henk Vording, Leiden University, The Netherlands (Law) Radical tax reform in the Netherlands: a failed attempt (1936-1939) Comments: Se Yan |
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| 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm : | Break |
| 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm : | Session IV |
| Stephanie Hunter McMahon, NYU (Golieb Fellow in Legal History) “To Save State Residents: States’ Use of the Federal System of Government for Tax Reduction” Comments: Ajay Mehrotra |
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| Joseph J. Thorndike, Virginia (History) “The Unfair Advantage of the Few”: The New Deal Origins of Soak the Rich Taxation Comments: Adam Chodorow |
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| 6:30 pm : | Dinner – Faculty Center |
Tuesday, July 17
| 8:15 am – 9:00 am : | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am : | Session V |
| Ajay K. Mehrotra, Indiana (Law and History) From Labor to Capital: The Forgotten History of the Tax Preference for “Earned” Income Comments: Onno Ydema |
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| Dennis Ventry, American (Law) “Taxing Men, Taxing Women: The Origin of Income Splitting and Its Effect on the Modern American Family” Comments: Stephanie Hunter McMahon |
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| 10:30 am – 10:45 am : | Break |
| 10:45 am – 12:15 pm : | Session VI |
| Kathryn James, Monash, Australia (Law) We of the ‘never ever’: The history of the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax in Australia Comments: Henk Vording |
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| Se Yan, UCLA (Economics) Tax Reform, Population Explosion and Industrialization Divergence between China and Europe Comments: Elliot Brownlee |
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| 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm : | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm : | Session VII |
| Jeff Timmons, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Political Science) Taxation and Representation in recent history Comments: Charlotte Crane |
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| Sheldon D. Pollack, Delaware (Business Law and Political Science) Revenue Matters: Financing the Development of the American State Comments: Joseph Thorndike |
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| 3:00 pm : | Reception and farewell |
For more information please contact
Steven Bank
Tel: (310) 794-7601
bank@law.ucla.edu
www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=1542
Sponsor(s): Center for Economic History, UCLA Law