Yair Listokin asks: Why Doesn't Anyone Care About Tax Law? I agree with David Gamage's comment -- I think if ALEA offered more tax panels, more tax scholars would come. Offering just one panel at such a big conference isn't a very welcoming signal.
The difficult problem is getting the corporate/contracts scholars interested enough in tax that they actually invite us into the fold and read our papers. I'm not sure how to do that. No one wants to feel like a parent telling their child to eat their brussel sprouts -- "Mmmm, tax is good for you, and tastes good too!" In the meantime, most of us tax folks who are interested in economics gravitate toward public finance conferences, which are more welcoming for legal tax scholars.
In the meantime, us tax folks will have our own little party -- next month, Lily Batchelder, Miranda Perry and I will host a Junior Tax Scholars Workshop here in Boulder. Details and official announcement to follow next week. David Gamage and I are planning to coordinate an on-line tax section to coincide with the Glom's Second Annual Junior Scholars Workshop.
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