Having earned a sabbatical leave, Dr. Gabriel Ondetti is currently in Mexico City conducting research on the politics of taxation. In the picture he is standing in front of the Chamber of Deputies, Mexico’s version of the U.S. House of Representatives. Dr. Ondetti’s research project, which also encompasses Argentina, Brazil and Chile, tries to shed light on why some governments tax their citizens more heavily than others. He was in Argentina and Chile this past summer and he will be going to Brazil next summer. In each country he is conducting interviews with legislators, executive branch officials, tax experts and business and labor leaders. His research is supported by grants from the American Philosophical Society and the American Political Science Association.
At the conclusion of his time in Mexico, Dr. Ondetti was invited to participate in an international workshop “Understanding Southern Welfare: The B(R)ICS Countries” that was sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University: ZiF poster
Along with speakers from six different nations, Dr. Ondetti shared his insights with workshop participants.