Thomas A. Gresik

About

Thomas A. Gresik is a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on the taxation of multinational firms, foreign direct investment, industrial organization, and game theory. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2000.

He is an associate editor of International Tax and Public Finance and Group Decision and Negotiation, a fellow of the Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich (CESifo), and an affiliate member and a member of the scientific advisory board of the Norwegian Center for Taxation.

Thematic Interests

Multinationals and tax competition; regulatory design; applied game theory; microeconomic theory

Current Research

Taxation of multinational firms
Foreign direct investment

Regions

Research Tags

Journal Articles

Gresik, Thomas A., Guttorm Schjelderup and Dirk Schindler, "Immobilizing Corporate Income Shifting: Should it be Safe to Strip in the Harbor?" Journal of Public Economics 152 (August 2017)

"Allowing firms to choose between separate accounting and formula apportionment taxation," Journal of Public Economics 138: 32-42 (2016)

“The Effects of Statistically Dependent Values on Equilibrium Strategies of K-Double Auctions,” Games and Economic Behavior 72, 1 (2011)

"Efficient Delegation by an Informed Principal" (with Eric Bond, E. W), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 20, 3: 887-924 (2011)

"Formula apportionment vs. separate accounting: A private information perspective," European Economic Review 54, 1: 133-149 (2010)

"Introduction to the special section on multinational taxation and tax competition," (with Juergen von Hagen), European Economic Review 54, 1: 80-81 (2010)

"Transfer Pricing in Vertically Integrated Industries" (with Petter Osmundsen), International Tax and Public Finance 15, 3 (2008)

“Tax Competition and Foreign Capital,” (with Ronald Davies), International Tax and Public Finance 10, 2: 127-145 (March 2003)

“The Strategic Effects of Batch Processing” (with Edward C. Mansley), International Economic Review 42, 3 (2001)

“Rationing Rules and European Central Bank Auctions,” Journal of International Money and Finance 20, 7 (2001)

"The Taxing Task of Taxing Transnationals,"Journal of Economic Literature 39, 3: 800-838 (2001). Reprinted in Petroleum Industry Regulation within Stable States, Solveig Glomsrod and Petter Osmundsen eds. (Ashgate Press, 2005). Translated into Japanese by Professor Shoji Yamada of Nanzan University and published in The Nanzan Journal of Economic Studies, 20 (June 2005).

“Competition Between Asymmetrically Informed Principals” (with Eric W. Bond), Economic Theory 10, 2 (1997)

Book Chapters

"Assessing the normative differences between formula apportionment and separate accounting," in W. Schön and K. Konrad, eds., Fundamentals of International Transfer Pricing in Law and Economics, pp. 257-265 (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012)

"Arm's-length transfer pricing and national welfare," in Michael Baye, John Maxwell eds. Advances in Applied Microeconomics, Volume 8 (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2000)

2016-2017 From Panama to BEPS: Tax Evasion or Tax Avoidance Faculty Conference/Event Grant

Grant Year: 2011-2012 How Private Information Affects the Taxation of Multinational Firms Grants to Support Faculty Fellows' Research

Apr 4 to 6, 2024

Gravity, Trade Agreements, and Policy: Celebrating the Contributions of Jeff Bergstrand

Conferences/Workshops

Jeffrey H. Bergstrand, Thomas A. Gresik

Oct 12 to 13, 2023

Governance and Its Funding in the 21st Century

Conferences/Workshops

Thomas A. Gresik

In the Media

Gresik Analyzes OPEC’s Decrease in Production

Oct 6, 2022

After OPEC announced their decrease in the production of oil, Faculty Fellow Tom Gresik was interviewed about the impact the United States would face.

In the Media

Republican Tax Reform Goes Through the Wringer

Nov 13, 2017

In an article in the National Catholic Reporter, Faculty Fellow Thomas Gresik (economics) says cutting the corporate tax rate should make US businesses more competitive in the global economy and attract more investment in the United States.

In the Media

Trump and Trade: A Catholic Take

Feb 3, 2017

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Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Gravity, Trade Agreements, and Policy: Celebrating the Contributions of Jeff Bergstrand

Governance and Its Funding in the 21st Century

Gresik Analyzes OPEC’s Decrease in Production

Republican Tax Reform Goes Through the Wringer

Trump and Trade: A Catholic Take