Research Grants

  • Sharing the Wealth: Tax and Justice in the Slow Growth Era

    Grant Scheme

    ARC Discovery Project

    Project Summary

    This project aims to address fundamental problems of injustice in taxation emerging in the transition to a slow growth economy in Australia and globally. The project applies interdisciplinary approaches to generate new knowledge that aims to update frameworks for justice in taxation, refreshing out-dated 20th century ethical and legal approaches. Collaborative legal and philosophy analysis by leading scholars in Australia and the United States will respond to contemporary conditions of slow growth, wage stagnation, wealth inequality, population aging and longevity. Project outcomes will include tax reform proposals to benefit policy makers and enrich public debate on tax justice for 21st century economic and fiscal conditions.

    Commencement Year

    2021

    Funding

    $309,000

    Chief Investigators

    Professor Miranda Stewart
    Dr Daniel Halliday (Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne)
    Professor Geoffrey Brennan (Australian National University)
    Professor Liam Murphy (New York University) 
    Professor Miranda Fleischer (University of San Diego)

  • Effectiveness of tax base erosion and profit shifting countermeasures

    Grant Scheme

    ARC Discovery Project

    Commencement Year

    2017

    Funding

    $391,000

    Chief Investigators

    Professor Alfred Tan (College of Business and Economics, The Australian National University)
    Professor Miranda Stewart

  • New approaches to tax and welfare systems

    Grant Scheme

    Australia-Korea Foundation (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)

    Commencement Year

    2017

    Funding

    $40,000

    Chief Investigators

    Professor Miranda Stewart with Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, The Australian National University and the University of Seoul and Korea Institute of Public Finance

  • Developing and trialling a gender budget framework for breastfeeding to advance maternal and child health and gender equality

    Grant Scheme

    Asia Pacific Innovation Program, Research Development Award, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University

    Commencement Year

    2017

    Funding

    $14,613

    Chief Investigators

    Professor Miranda Stewart
    Julie Smith
    Monica Costa

  • Applying Behavioural Insights to the Tax System in Australia

    Grant Scheme

    ARC Linkage Project

    Commencement Year

    2016

    Funding

    $217,000

    Chief Investigators

    Professor Miranda Stewart (Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University)
    Nicolas Biddle (Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University)
    Robert Breunig (Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University)
    Mathias Sinning (Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University)
    Australian Taxation Office

  • Defining, Regulating and Taxing the Not-for-Profit Sector in Australia: Law and Policy for the 21st Century

    Grant Scheme

    ARC Discovery Project

    Project Summary

    The not for profit sector is crucial to the economy and social inclusion in Australia. The sector's role and significance is growing but it struggles with complex and disparate taxation requirements and piecemeal supervision by state and federal governments. This project addresses both the needs of the sector and public expectations of it by comprehensively researching legal definition, regulation and tax rules and recommending appropriate reform, thereby making a significant contribution to National Priority Research area, Promoting and Maintaining Good Health and Well Being, Priority Goal 4, 'Understanding and strengthening key elements of Australia's social and economic fabric'.

    Commencement Year

    2010

    Funding

    $386,000

    Chief Investigators

    Associate Professor Ann O'Connell
    Professor Miranda Stewart
    Associate Professor Matthew Harding