Leonard Burman
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs
Contact Information
leburman@maxwell.syr.edu
426 Eggers Hall
(315) 443-3115
Office Hours:
MoWe 2:00-3:00
Staff Support
Katrina Fiacchi
(315) 443-9040
kfiacchi@maxwell.syr.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Leonard Burman CV
Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics
Institute Fellow, Urban Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Degree
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1985
Specialties
Federal tax policy, budget policy, tax expenditures, the individual alternative minimum tax, the changing role of taxation in social policy.
Courses
Fall 2019
PAI 766.001 Federal Budget Policy, We 9:30-12:15, Newhouse II 350
Biography
Len Burman is the Paul Volcker Chair of Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, an
Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute, and a Senior Research Associate in the
Center for Policy Research. He co-founded the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution in 2002. Len was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the Treasury from 1998 to 2000 and Senior Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office from 1988 to 1997. Additionally, he is past-president of the National Tax Association (NTA) and 2016 recipient of the NTA’s Davie-Davis Award for Public Service. In 2019 Len was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Burman is the co-author with Joel Slemrod of Taxes in America: What Everyone Needs to Know and author of The Labyrinth of Capital Gains Tax Policy: A Guide for the Perplexed, and co-editor of several books. He is often invited to testify before Congress and has written for scholarly journals, as well as media outlets such as The Washington Post, New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Len received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota in 1985. Full Biography
Publications
Selected Papers
Selected Professional Activities
Board member, Commonwealth Institute
Member, Scholars Strategy Network
Member, SOI Consultants Panel (IRS)
Professional Service
Past President, National Tax Association