Richard Musgrave Prize

The National Tax Association Announces the creation of the Richard Musgrave Prize, to be presented each year to the author or authors of the outstanding paper published in the National Tax Journal. During his luminous career, the work of Richard Musgrave has been characterized by a powerful blend of analytic clarity, insight drawn from the historical record across the globe, and respect for the importance of administration. With this award, the National Tax Association wished to recognize his contributions to the public policy theory, research and practice.

Winners will be selected on basis of the degree to which they foster the legacy of his research by displaying the following attributes: new research contributions with strong analytic underpinnings, rigorous argument buttressed by empirical evidence, a respect for the history of research and practice, and the promise of improving public policies.

Each refereed article published in the National Tax Journal is automatically nominated, with the winning selection determined by the Editor and the Editorial Advisory Board. The Musgrave Prize winner for each year will be announced in the June issue of the National Tax Journal in the subsequent year.

Recipients

2006 - Nathan B. Anderson, University of Illinois at Chicago

2005 - Michael Brunetti (ERS Group)

2004 - David A. Weisbach (University of Chicago)

2003 - Joint Winners
Jonathan Gruber (MIT)
Peter Orszag (The Brookings Institution)

2002 - Donald Bruce (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

2001 - Joint Winners
Jan K. Brueckner (Institute of Government and Pubic Affairs, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Luz A. Saavedra (University of South Florida)

2000 - Joint Winners
James B. Mackie III (Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Harry Grubert (Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Department of the Treasury)

1999 - Joint Winners
Timothy J. Besley (London School of Economics)
Harvey Rosen (Princeton University)