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Kirk Collins

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First Name
Kirk
Last Name
Collins
Email
kirkcollins@trentu.ca
Phone
705-748-1011 ext. 7369
Location
Gzowski College, Room 370
Campus
Peterborough
Job Title
Associate Professor
Job Designation
Director, School of Business; Coordinator, Specialization in Accounting; Coordinator, Specialization in Finance
Accreditation
B.A. (Western), M.A. (Queen's), LL.M. (Western), Ph.D. (Ottawa), CPA, CGA
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Professor Kirk Collins
Home Department
School of Business
Areas of Expertise
Taxation and Tax Policy
Public Finance
Financial Economics
Risk
Managerial Control
Publications
Collins, Kirk A. and Tim Edgar (2013), “The Carter Report’s Corporate Income Tax Proposals: Why They Were Rejected and an Assessment of the Current Canadian System as an Imperfect Alternative,” in Kim Brooks (ed.), The Quest for Tax Reform Continues: The Royal Commission on Taxation Fifty Years Later, Toronto: Carswell, Thomson Reuters, pp.115-154.
Burbidge, John, Kirk A. Collins, James B. Davies and Lonnie Magee (2012), “Effective Tax and Subsidy Rates on Human Capital in Canada,” Canadian Journal of Economics, 45(1), pp.189-219.
Collins, Kirk A. (2008), “The ‘Taxing’ Issue of Interprovincial and Cross Border Migration,” Canadian Public Policy, 34 (4), pp. 481-500.
Collins, Kirk A. and James B. Davies (2005), “Carrots and Sticks: The Effect of Recent Spending and Tax Changes on the Incentive to Attend University,” C.D. Howe Institute, Commentary, 220, October, 22 pp.
Collins, Kirk A. and James B. Davies (2004), “Measuring Effective Tax Rates on Human Capital: Methodology and an Application to Canada”, in Peter Birch Sorensen (ed.), Measuring the Tax Burden on Capital and Labor, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. pp. 171-212.
Brou, Daniel and Kirk A. Collins (2001), “Winning at Hide and Seek: The Tax Mix and the Informal Economy,” Canadian Tax Journal, 49 (6), pp. 1539-1562.
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