Elisabeth Gugl
Associate Professor and the Associate Chair, Department of Economics, University of VictoriaElisabeth Gugl holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Rice University (2004). She is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair in the Department of Economics at the University of Victoria. Dr. Gugl’s main research is in family economics, an area that investigates issues such as family formation and dissolution, fertility decisions, investments in children, altruism in families, and gender inequality in relationships. One of the recurring themes in her research is the analysis of how family members make decisions and how public policy may influence their actions and ultimately the distribution of welfare among family members. Her publications in this area appear in Theoretical Economics, the Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Inquiry, Mathematical Social Sciences, Review of Economics of the Household, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Canadian Tax Journal, and Studies in Microeconomics. A second strand of her research is in tax competition with the most recent publications in the National Tax Journal and International Tax and Public Finance. After being a board member on CWEC (and CWEN) from 2015 to 2021, Elisabeth Gugl joined the board of CWEC again in 2022 as vice-chair.