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Kurt van-Dender

  • Faculty AssociateITS-IrvineUC Irvine20022007
  • ProfessorDepartment of EconomicsSchool of Social SciencesUC Irvine20022007

Prior to his departure from UCI, Kurt Van Dender was the Chief Economist of the International Transport Forum, and Professor of Economics at the University of California at Irvine. His work focuses on the use of taxes to pursue environmental, transport and climate policy objectives, and on the interactions between environmental taxation and the broader tax system.

Today, Dr. Van Dender is the Head of the Tax and Environment Unit at the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. In this role, he works on the nexus of tax and investment policy, and leads the production of flagship OECD publications focusing on carbon pricing trends (Effective Carbon Rates) and the taxation of energy (Taxing Energy Use). His work is published in leading academic journals, and he engages with a number of policy and research networks.

Record last updated: November 25, 2024.

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