Dhammika Dharmapala | |
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| Born | Anurudha Udeni Dhammika Dharmapala 1969 or 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Public economics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Law School, University of Illinois |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia (BEc, MEc) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan J. Auerbach |
| Contributions | |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Website | Faculty website |
Dhammika Dharmapala (born 1969/1970)[1] is an economist who is the Paul H. and Theo Leffman Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He is known for his research into corporate tax avoidance, corporate use of tax havens, and the corporate use of base erosion and profit shifting ("BEPS") techniques.[2]
CHAMPAIGN – University of Illinois Law Professor Dhammika Dharmapala , a Hindu from Sri Lanka and a naturalized U.S. citizen, was the victim of a shocking violent attack this week at a train station. [..] Dharmapala, 41, teaches law and economics, tax policy, public economy, and political economy. [..] Professor Dharmapala earned his master's degree in economics from the University of Western Australia and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California-Berkeley.
Professor Dharmapala is recognized as one of the leading experts on profit shifting, through his innovative research on the magnitude of profit shifting and his recent survey of the empirical profit shifting literature.