Eric M. Zolt Michael H. Schill Distinguished Professor of Law
	B.S. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1974 M.B.A. University of Chicago, 1975 J.D. University of Chicago, 1978 UCLA Law faculty since 1985 zolt@law.ucla.edu
Biography | Bibliography | Courses

Books

The Taxation of Business Profits Under Tax Treaties (edited by Brian J. Arnold, Jacques Sasseville, and Eric M. Zolt). Canadian Tax Foundation (2003).

Articles and Chapters

Dual Income Taxation and Developing Countries (with Richard Bird), 1 Columbia Journal of Tax Law 174-217 (2010). Full Text

Inequality, Collective Action, and Taxing and Spending Patterns of State and Local Governments, 62 Tax Law Review 445-504 (2009). Full Text

Tax Policy in Emerging Countries (with Richard M. Bird), 26 Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 73-86 (2008). Full Text

Technology and Taxation in Developing Countries: From Hand to Mouse (with Richard Bird), 61 National Tax Journal 791-821 (2008).

Revenue Design and Taxation, in Public Finance for Poverty Reduction: Concepts and Case Studies from Africa and Latin America (edited by Blanca Moreno-Dodson and Quentin Wodon, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 2008).

Inequality and the Evolution of Institutions and Taxation: Evidence from the Economic History of the Americas (with Kenneth L. Sokoloff), in The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, Institutions, and Crises (edited by Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel, and Graciela Marquez, The University of Chicago Press, 2008).

Inequality and Taxation: Evidence From the Americas on How Inequality May Influence Tax Institutions (with Kenneth L. Sokoloff), 59 Tax Law Review 167-241 (2006). Full Text

Redistribution via Taxation: The Limited Role of the Personal Income Tax in Developing Countries (with Richard M. Bird), 52 UCLA Law Review 1627-95 (2005). Full Text

Summary of the Proceedings of an Invitational Seminar on Tax Treaties in the 21st Century (with Brian J. Arnold and Jacques Sasseville), 50 Canadian Tax Journal 65-144 (2002).

Alternatives to the Existing Allocation of Tax Revenues Among Countries, in “Summary of the Proceedings of an Invitational Seminar on Tax Treaties in the 21st Century”, 50 Canadian Tax Journal 113-18 (2002).

Economic Crime: Tax Offenses (with John S. Wiley), in Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (edited by Hélène G. Potter, Macmillan, 2001).

Connected Contracts (with G. Mitu Gulati and William A. Klein), 47 UCLA Law Review UCLA Law Review 887-948 (2000). Full Text

Prospects for Fundamental Tax Reform: Comparisons Between the United States and Japan, 18 Tax Notes International 1969-83 (1999).

Tax Nothings (with Joel Rabinovitz), 75 Taxes Taxes 869-86 (1997). Reprinted in Practicing Law Institute, Tax Law and Estate Planning Course Handbook (1998).

The Uneasy Case for Uniform Taxation, 16 Virginia Tax Review 39-109 (1996).

Business Form, Limited Liability, and Tax Regimes: Lurching Toward a Coherent Outcome? (with William A. Klein), 66 University of Colorado Law Review 1001-41 (1995).

Tax Issues Arising from Privatization in the Formerly Socialist Countries (with Yolanda K. Kodrzycki), 25 Law & Policy in International Business 609-37 (1994).

Deterrence Via Taxation: A Critical Analysis of Tax Penalty Provisions, 37 UCLA Law Review 343-87 (1989).

Efficient Deterrence and the Tax Treatment of Monetary Sanctions (with I.P.L. Png), 9 International Review of Law & Economics 209-17 (1989). Reprinted in 88-13 Business Economics Working Paper/The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA (1989).

Corporate Taxation after the Tax Reform Act of 1986: A State of Disequilibrium, 66 North Carolina Law Review 839-77 (1988).

The General Utilities Doctrine: Examining the Scope of the Repeal, 65 Taxes 819-32 (1987).

The Tax Consequences of the Recharacterization of an Economic Relationship as a Partnership (with John Ruppert), 32 Taxation for Accountants 232-38 (1984).

Comment: An Economic Perspective on the Law of Excessive Profits Recovery (with Jeffrey Berkowitz), 45 University of Chicago Law Review 882-905 (1978).

Other

Tax Reform: Reduce the Corporate Income Tax Rate and More, Tax Notes (August 29, 2011). Full Text

In Memoriam: Oliver Oldman, 122 Harvard Law Review 1303-06 (2009).

Time for a Postpartisan Tax Policy, 120 Tax Notes 1082 (2008).

In recognition of Richard M. Bird, Recipient of the 2006 Daniel M. Holland Medal, 45 Tax Notes International 773-74 (2007).

Introduction to Tax Policy Design and Development World Bank Course on Practical Issues of Tax Policy in Developing Countries (April 28-May 1, 2003).

Tax Incentives, World Bank Course on Practical Issues of Tax Policy in Developing Countries (April 28-May 1, 2003).

Co-Director, Report of the Department of Treasury, Integration of the Individual and Corporate Tax Systems: Taxing Business Income Once (January, 1992).

Evaluating Chemical Regulations: Trade-off Analysis and Impact Assessment for Environmental Decision-making (with with N. Ashford, D. Hattis and J. Katz), (March 1979).

Comment on Drug Regulation and Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry (with Nicholas A. Ashford and Stewart E. Butler). National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (1977).

Economic/Social Impact of Occupational Noise Exposure Regulations (with Nicholas A. Ashford et al.). GPO (1976). EPA Technical Report No. 550/9-77-352.