The International Network for Tax Research Conference on Taxation and Development continues today at Michigan: 

Morning Chair: David Hasen (Michigan)

9.30 – 11.30:  Session #3:  International Organizations and the Shaping of Developing Country Tax Systems

• Allison Christians (Wisconsin):  Tax and Development: How International Organizations Have Transformed the State Through Tax Reform
• Miranda Stewart (University of Melbourne Law School):  A Sustainable Fiscal Compact for Development: Political Legitimacy and the Globalization of Tax Policy
• Arthur Cockfield (Queen’s University):  A New Fiscal Compact with Developing Countries?

Afternoon Chair: Joel Slemrod (Michigan)

1:00 – 2:30:  Session #4:  The Impact of Tax Treaties on Developing Countries

• Kim Brooks (University of British Columbia):  Canada Tax Treaty Treatment of Royalty Payments from Low-Income Countries: A Comparison of Canada and Australia’s Policies
• Eduardo Baistrocchi (Universidad Torcuato di Tella):  The Strategic Structure of the Asymmetric Tax Treaty Network

2:30 – 5:30:  Session #5: Tax Competition and Developing Countries

• Reuven Avi-Yonah (Michigan) (with Peter Byrne, Seong-Jong Yang, Rifat Azam, Fadi Shaheen):  Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Tax Competition
• Elizabeth Chorvat (Harvard):  A Thinly Veiled Mischief: The Case Against Tax Harmonisation
• Yoram Keinan (Ernst & Young, National Tax Department):  The Case for Residency-Based Taxation of Financial Transactions in Developing Countries
• William B. Barker (Penn State):  Tax Sparing For Development – It Is All About Source

For the full program, which lists all the speakers and their topics, see here.