Call for Papers
International Institute of Public Finance

August 22-25, 2013, Taormina, Sicily

The 69th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) will be held in Taormina, Sicily, Italy on August 22-25, 2013. The theme of the keynote addresses is The Role of the State in Growth and Development. Contributed papers on any topic within the field of Public Economics and related disciplines will be considered, as is traditional at IIPF congresses.

PLENARY SPEAKERS: Pranab Bardhan, Richard Bird, Ravi Kanbur, Michael Keen and Dan Treisman

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: The deadline for submissions is February 16, 2013. Papers should be submitted through http://editorialexpress.com/conference/IIPF69

The papers to be presented will be selected by a Scientific Committee. There is a submission fee of Euro 20 for non-members. This fee is creditable against a membership subscription. Authors of accepted papers must join the IIPF before inclusion in the Congress program. Membership includes a subscription to the journal International Tax and Public Finance.

Selected papers will be published in a special issue of International Tax and Public Finance. To be considered for publication, papers must be submitted formally to the journal by September 14, 2013. Authors under 40 years of age who wish to be considered for the Peggy and Richard Musgrave Prize and the IIPF Young Economists Award should indicate this when submitting papers.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Georgia State University

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Ehtisham Ahmad, London School of Economics
James Alm, Tulane University
Giorgio Brosio, University of Turin
Thiess Buettner, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Vidar Christiansen, University of Oslo
Bernard Dafflon, University of Fribourg
Lars Feld, University of Freiburg
Norman Gemmell, Victoria University of Wellington
Timothy Goodspeed, Hunter College, CUNY