University of Calgary

Jack Mintz

 

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Jack Mintz
Palmer Chair in Public Policy
Office: ES926
University of Calgary
School of Policy Studies
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, AB
T2N 1N4

Telephone: (403)220-7661
email: policystudies@ucalgary.ca

 

Ph.D. (Essex), M.A. (Queen's), B.A. (Alberta)
Palmer Chair in Public Policy

Professor Jack Mintz is the former president and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute and world-renowned fiscal and tax policy specialist. He commenced his Chair position in the School of Policy Studies on January 1, 2008.  The School is a collaborative partnership with several faculties, departments and institutes at the University, among them the Faculty of Law.

The pan-university School of Policy Studies is an international centre of expertise in policy studies, including government, defence, health, economics, and energy and the environment. The School is building on the wealth of policy studies expertise already in place at the University of Calgary, notably in political science, law, business, economics, and energy and environmental studies. The first degree programs in the School of Policy Studies will commence in 2009.

Mintz' research interests are public economics, tax policy, corporate taxation and comparative tax systems.

To learn more, visit the School of Policy Studies website.