2008 Annual Conference Call for Papers

NATIONAL TAX ASSOCIATION
101^st ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON TAXATION

November 20-22, 2008
Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

Program Co-Chairs

Matthew Murray, The University of Tennessee and
Michael Wasylenko, Syracuse University
email: mmurray1@utk.edu OR mjwasyle@maxwell.syr.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 101^st Annual Conference on Taxation will cover a broad range of topics including, but not limited to, taxation and tax policies; expenditure policies; government budgeting; intergovernmental fiscal relations; and subnational, national, and international public finance. This year, we are especially interested in sessions or topics that highlight or include interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary research (e.g., economics, accounting, and law), and research papers authored or coauthored by PhD students.

You are invited to submit a paper or an idea for a session. In addition, please inform us if you would like to be considered as a moderator or discussant. All proposals should be postmarked or e-mailed by May 1, 2008 . Decisions concerning the inclusion of papers and sessions will be announced in June 2008. Authors of accepted papers will be offered the opportunity to include them in the Proceedings. All presenters will be required to register and pay a conference registration fee.

For a paper, please submit the following:

1. Title of the paper

2. An abstract of the paper, not to exceed two pages; and, a draft of the paper, if available.

3. Names and contact information for all authors, including mailing and e-mail addresses and phone numbers; for papers with multiple authors, please indicate the corresponding author and the actual presenter.

For a session idea, please submit the following:

1. Title and a brief description of the session.

2. An abstract, not to exceed two pages, for suggested papers for the session; and, a draft of each paper, if available. Include the names and affiliations of all authors.

3. Name and contact information for the person proposing the session.

To be considered as a moderator or discussant, please submit the following:

1. Name and contact information, including mail and e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

2. General areas of interest.

E-mail submissions (in Microsoft Word 2003 or lower; or as PDF files) are preferred. E-mail submissions should be sent to mmurray1@utk.edu or mjwasyle@maxwell.syr.edu.

For mailed submissions, please send a copy to the program chairs:

Matthew Murray                                           OR                 Michael Wasylenko
The University of Tennessee                                                  Syracuse University
CBER                                                                                   200 Eggers Hall
109 Temple Court                                                                Syracuse , NY13244-1020
Knoxville , TN 37996-4334