Published on Sep. 4, 2025

On Sep 8 (Monday), Zhaoyi Li (Albany) will present the draft paper, “The Fiscal Theory of Corporate Governance” , at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time.

The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. 

This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and to be sent the draft paper.

Anyone who would like to be added to or removed from the email list for future announcements should also e-mail Professor Gamage directly. 

For a full list of invited guest speakers and their paper topics for fall semester 2025, please visit: https://law.missouri.edu/academics/tax-law/  

Below is the tentative list of invited guest speakers and their paper topics for the remainder of fall semester 2025.  Please note that the details may be subject to change.

-Sep 8 (Monday): Zhaoyi Li (Albany), “The Fiscal Theory of Corporate Governance” 

-Sep 10 (Wednesday): Josh Blank (UCI) + Leigh Osofsky (UNC), “Audit Guides and the Administrative State” 

-Sep 17 (Wednesday): Ellen Aprill (Loyola), “Revoking Tax-Exemption for Pursuit of DEI and Other Alleged Forms of Discrimination”

-Sep 24 (Wednesday): Ed Fox (Michigan) + Zach Liscow (Yale) + Michael Love (Columbia), “Corporate vs. Pass Through Taxation: the Role of Economic Rents and Legibility”

-Oct 1 (Wednesday): Jake Brooks (Fordham), “Stock Dividends and the Great Crash of 1929.”

-Oct 8 (Wednesday): Conor Clarke (Wash U), “Duties, Imposts, and Excises”

-Oct 15 (Wednesday): Miranda Fleischer (San Diego), “Equality of Opportunity and a Universal Child Allowance”

-Oct 22 (Wednesday): Assaf Harpaz (Georgia), “Artificial Intelligence and Taxation’s Goals”

-Oct 29 (Wednesday): Susie Morse (Texas) + Shuyi Oei (Duke) + Diane Ring (Boston College), “The Constitutionality of Trump’s Tariffs: A Tax Analysis”

-Nov 5 (Wednesday): Steven Sheffrin (Tulane), “Taxpayer Realization and Economic Welfare”

-Nov 12 (Wednesday): David Elkins (Netanya) + Mirit Eyal (Alabama), “Taxing Electronic Agency” 

-Nov 19 (Wednesday): Kathleen Thomas (UNC), “Taxing Attention”