Author: Deanna Newton
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Ryan presented “Mothers in Jail: A Taxing Issue” at Pepperdine
Kerry A. Ryan (Saint Louis) presented Mothers in Jail: A Taxing Issue at Pepperdine on October 6, 2025, as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series: Maternal pretrial detention inflicts serious economic, personal, and social harms on female-headed households. This essay highlights an additional negative consequence of detaining single mothers pretrial: the potential loss of certain valuable…
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Conklin presented “Athletic Performance and State Tax Rates: Why NBA Players Perform Worse in High-Tax States” at Pepperdine
Dr. Michael Conklin (Texas A&M University–Central Texas) presented Athletic Performance and State Tax Rates: Why NBA Players Perform Worse in High-Tax States at Pepperdine on September 22, 2025, as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series: In 2023, novel research found that National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball players performed better when playing away games in no-tax…
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Glogower presented “Apportioned Direct Taxes” at Pepperdine
Ari Glogower (Northwestern) presented Apportioned Direct Taxes (with Connor Clarke (Washington)) at Pepperdine on September 10, 2025, as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series: The Constitution requires that Congress apportion any “direct” tax among the states by population. This once-dormant provision is now the most important constitutional limitation on Congress’s taxing power. Last year,…