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Thaddeus Hwong conducts empirical research on tax law and social policy issues related to the financing of the welfare state.

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(2006) . A Quantitative Exploration of Judicial Decision Making in Canadian Income Tax Cases. Available as a monograph at the Osgoode Hall Law School web site at www.thecourt.ca/resources/thaddeus-hwong/.

(2004) . A Review of Quantitative Studies of Decision Making in the Supreme Court of Canada. Manitoba Law Journal, 30(3): 353-382.

With Dean Hanlon. (2008) . “The Effect of External Advisors on the GST Compliance Costs of Businesses in Australia.” Asia-Pacific Journal of Taxation, 12(2), 93-108.

(March 2, 2009) . “How Canada's Flat Tax Debate Played in the Press: A Case Study.” Tax Notes International, 767-775.

With Neil Brooks. (2006) . The Social Benefits and Economic Costs of Taxation: A Comparison of High- and Low-tax Countries. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, available at http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2006/Benefits_and_Costs_of_Taxation.pdf.

(2009) . “A Quantitative Exploration of Judicial Decision Making in Supreme Court of Canada in Income Tax Cases in 1920-2003.” Manitoba Law Journal.

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Thaddeus Hwong conducts empirical research on tax law and social policy in light of financing of the welfare state and his research informs his teaching in income tax, public finance, social policy as well as law and politics. His current empirical research projects explore costs and benefits of progressive income taxation, tax expenditures and tax treaties amidst globalization and attitudes towards taxpaying and welfare state.

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(2006) . A Quantitative Exploration of Judicial Decision Making in Canadian Income Tax Cases. Available as a monograph at the Osgoode Hall Law School web site at www.thecourt.ca/resources/thaddeus-hwong/.

(2004) . A Review of Quantitative Studies of Decision Making in the Supreme Court of Canada. Manitoba Law Journal, 30(3): 353-382.

With Dean Hanlon. (2008) . “The Effect of External Advisors on the GST Compliance Costs of Businesses in Australia.” Asia-Pacific Journal of Taxation, 12(2), 93-108.

(March 2, 2009) . “How Canada's Flat Tax Debate Played in the Press: A Case Study.” Tax Notes International, 767-775.

With Neil Brooks. (2006) . The Social Benefits and Economic Costs of Taxation: A Comparison of High- and Low-tax Countries. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, available at http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2006/Benefits_and_Costs_of_Taxation.pdf.

(2009) . “A Quantitative Exploration of Judicial Decision Making in Supreme Court of Canada in Income Tax Cases in 1920-2003.” Manitoba Law Journal.

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