Stanley L. Winer

Stanley L. Winer

Canada Research Chair Professor in Public Policy Emeritus

School of Public Policy and Administration | Department of Economics

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

web: www.carleton.ca/winer

My research lies at the intersection of economics and politics. Much of this work over the past four decades is concerned with understanding the formation and evolution of tax systems, and includes my book with Walter Hettich, 'Democratic Choice and Taxation' (Cambridge 1999). How we choose to tax ourselves reveals a great deal about how economics and politics are intertwined in public life. This work has branched out to include the study of fiscal coercion - the difference between what we pay in taxes and what we think we should get for those taxes - that necessarily accompanies the compromises we make when we live in a democracy. See 'Coercion and Social Welfare in Public Finance' (Cambridge 2014), co-edited with Jorge Martinez-Vazquez. Current work considers the meaning, measurement and consequences of political competitiveness in Canada, India and the United States. My recent (September 2022) monograph in the Cambridge Elements in Public Economics Series with Steve Ferris - 'Political Competition and the Study of Public Economics' - inquires into the implications for public economics of the fact that in a liberal democracy, public policy must always pass a political (as well as an economic) test.

I also have a long-standing interest in the connection between migration and public policy. A book with Kathleen Day that investigates the influence of public policy on interregional migration in Canada was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2012. This book was awarded the Purvis Prize by the Canadian Economics Association for 2013.

For further information, working papers and publications, please see my university website www.carleton.ca/winer and my author page at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

September 2022