CV Updated September 2016Kimberley Scharf

ContactInformation

Department of Economics Phone: (+44)(0) 7800 961 216University of Warwick E-mail: k.scharf@warwick.ac.ukCoventry CV4 7AL Web: scharf@warwickUnited Kingdom Citizenship: British & Canadian

Education PhD (Economics), University of Toronto (1995): “Three Essays on Taxation and Incentives,”supervised by Richard Bird, Albert Breton, and Jack Mintz.

MA (Honors Economics), University of Toronto (1989).

BA (Honors Economics), University of Western Ontario (1988).

AcademicAppointments

Visiting Professor, STICERD, London School of Economics (2015–2106).

Senior Economic Advisor/Visiting Scholar, National Audit Office, London (2015–2016).

Visiting Professor, CESifo, Munich (April 2014).

Research Area Director, CAGE, Warwick University (2013–2014).

Professor of Economics, Warwick University (2007–present).

Visiting Professor, STICERD, London School of Economics (2010–2011).

Reader, Warwick University (2004–2007).

Senior Lecturer, Warwick University (1999–2004).

Lecturer, Warwick University (1996–1999).

Visiting Professor, University of Munich (2001).

Visiting Professor, University of Sydney (2000).

Visiting Professor, Copenhagen University (1999).

Visiting Professor, Copenhagen Business School (1997).

OtherAffiliations

Research Associate, Norwegian Centre for Taxation (NoCenT) (2015–present).

Associate, Capacity Building Cluster for Economic Impact of the Third Sector (2009–2013).

Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (2011–present).

Research Fellow, Ifo Institute & Centre for Economic Studies (CESifo) (2004–present).

Research Associate, CESifo, Munich (2002–2004).

Research Associate, CEPR, London (1999–2011).

Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) (1996–2001).

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Publications “Relational warm glow and giving in social groups,” (with Sarah Smith), Journal of PublicEconomics 141, September 2016: 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.06.001

“Online fundraising – the perfect ask?” (with Abigail Payne and Sarah Smith), CAGEWorking Paper Number 194/2014; forthcoming in Social Economics, MIT Press, November2016. PDF

“The tax treatment of charitable contributions in the UK,” (with Sarah Smith) forthcomingin Charitable Giving and Tax Policy: A Historical and Comparative Perspective (G. Fack &C. Landais eds), Oxford University Press, September 2016. ISBN: 9780198723660

“The price elasticity of charitable giving: Does the form of tax relief matter?” (with SarahSmith), International Tax and Public Finance 22 (2), April 2015: 330-352.doi:10.1007/s10797-014-9306-3

“Contextual variety, internet-of-things and the choice of tailoring over platform: Mass cus-tomisation strategy in supply chain management,” (with Irene Ng, Ganna Pogrebna andRoger Maull), International Journal of Production Economics 159, January 2015: 76-87.doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.09.007

“Private provision of public goods and information diffusion in social groups,” InternationalEconomic Review 55(4), November 2014: 1019-1042. doi:10.1111/iere.12081

“Impure pro-social motivation in charity provision: Warm glow charities and implicationsfor public funding,” Journal of Public Economics 114, June 2014: 50-57.doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.10.002

“The definition, measurement, and evaluation of tax expenditures and tax reliefs” (with NigarHashimzade, Chris Heady, Gareth Myles, and Lynne Oates), ESRC Tax AdministrationResearch Centre Briefing Report, National Audit Office, June 2014. PDF

“Small world economics in a big society,” CMPO Research Bulletin, Issue 14, 2012. PDF

“Gift Aid donor research: Exploring options for reforming higher-rate relief,” HM Revenueand Customs (with Sarah Smith), December 2009. PDF

“A theory of distributional conflict, voluntarism and segregation,” (with Ig Horstmann),Economic Journal 118 (527), March 2008: 427-453. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02128.x

“Can private giving promote economic segregation?” (with Ig Horstmann and Al Slivinski),Journal of Public Economics 91 (5-6), June 2007: 1095-1118.doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.10.006

“The political economy of policy centralisation: Direct versus representative democracy,”(with Michela Redoano), Journal of Public Economics 88 (3-4), March 2004: 799-817.doi:10.1016/S0047-2727(03)00017-3

“Optimal design of transfer pricing rules: A non-cooperative approach,” (with Pascalis

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Raimondos-Møller), Oxford Economic Papers 54 (2), April 2002: 230-246.doi:10.1093/oep/54.2.230

“International capital tax evasion and the foreign tax credit puzzle,” Canadian Journal ofEconomics 34 (2), May 2001: 313-587. doi:10.1111/0008-4085.00084

“Tiebout with politics: Capital tax competition and constitutional choices,” (with CarloPerroni), Review of Economic Studies 68 (1), 2001: 133-154. doi:10.1111/1467-937X.00163

“Why are tax expenditures for giving embodied in fiscal constitutions?” Journal of PublicEconomics 75 (3), March 2000: 365-387. doi:10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00071-7

“Tax incentives for extraction and recycling of basic materials in Canada,” Fiscal Studies 20(4), December 1999: 451-477. doi:10.1111/j.1475-5890.1999.tb00021.x

“Implementing tax coordination,” (with Amrita Dhillon and Carlo Perroni), Journal of PublicEconomics 72 (2), May 1999: 243-268. doi:10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00087-5

“Scale economies and cross-border shopping,” International Tax and Public Finance 6 (1),February 1999: 89-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008652004940

“Interjurisdictional tax competition: A political economy perspective,” (with Carlo Perroni),in A. Razin and E. Sadka (eds.), The Economics of Globalisation: Policy Perspectives fromPublic Economics, Cambridge University Press (1999). ISBN: 9780521622684

“Measuring effective tax rates in the presence of multiple inputs: A production based ap-proach,” (with Kenneth McKenzie and Jack Mintz), International Tax and Public Finance4 (3), July 1997: 337-359. doi:10.1023/A:1008620522432

“Tax incentives for charities in Canada,” (research assistance by Ben Cherniavsky and RoyHogg), Canadian Policy Research Networks Working Paper Number 3 (1997). PDF

“Differential taxation of Canadian and US passenger transportation,” (with Kenneth McKen-zie and Jack Mintz), in Directions: The Final Report of the Royal Commission on NationalPassenger Transportation (1997). ISBN: 0660140926, 9780660140926

Working Papers “One or a million? The impact of donor wealth on crowdfunding campaigns in the presenceof competition among charities,” (with Carlo Perroni and Ganna Pogrebna), mimeo, June2016.

“The price elasticity of charitable donations: Evidence from UK tax records,” (with BenLockwood and Miguel Almunia), mimeo, Warwick University, September 2016.

“Do disaster appeals reduce other donations? Evidence from the U.K.,” (with Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm and Sarah Smith), mimeo, Warwick University, September 2016.

“Does market size matter also for charities?” (with Janne Tukiainen), CAGE Working Paper

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Number 226-2015, October 2015.

“Contestability and non-profit markets,” (with Carlo Perroni and Ganna Pogrebna), mimeo,Warwick University, November 2015.

“An international comparison of the administration of tax expenditures,” (with Nigar Hashimzade,Chris Heady, Gareth Myles, and Lynne Oates), ESRC Tax Administration Research CentreBriefing Report, prepared for the National Audit Office, January 2015.

“Rational inattention to subsidies for charitable contributions,” (with Sarah Smith), July2013 (first draft October 2009).

“Viable tax constitutions,” first draft in 2001. Later draft as CEPR Discussion Paper Number4210/2004. Renamed later version sometimes appears in citations as “Taxation and propertyrights,” (with Carlo Perroni), 2007.

ProfessionalService

Chair, Danish Council for Independent Research’s Business and Economics InternationalPeer Review Panel, 2017.

Editor-in-Chief, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer, 2015-present.

ESRC Peer Review College, 2015-2019.

Elected Member of the Board of Management, International Institute for Public Finance,2015-2018.

Advisory Board, “Generosity for Life” Research Funding Initiative, John Templeton Foun-dation, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana, 2015-2017.

Elected Member, Royal Economic Society Women’s Committee, 2015-2018.

Danish Council for Independent Research, International Panel Evaluator, 2015, 2016 & 2017.

ESRC Transformative Research Scheme Commissioning Panel, 2014 & 2015.

Italian Research on Philanthropy Awards, Selection Panel, 2015 & 2016.

Austrian Science Fund, Review Panel, Doctoral Programme IBS, 2014.

Belgian Fund for Scientific Research, Grant Evaluator, September 2014.

External PhD Examiner (Anett Hoffman), London School of Economics, September 2014.

Research Councils UK Grant Evaluator, May 2014.

Advisory Board, Institute for Public Policy Northern Review, 2013-2016.

Royal Economic Society Junior Fellowship Committee, 2013-2015.

Royal Economic Society Strategic Review Committee, 2014.

Elected Member of Council, Royal Economic Society, 2013-2018.

Mentor, Royal Economic Society Women’s Committee, 2012-present.

Scientific Committee, International Institute Public Finance Congress, 2012, 2007 & 2004.

External Examiner, Leicester University, 2009-2011.

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Programme Committee, Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, 2010-2013.

Associate Editor, Journal of Public Economics, 2003-2010.

Editorial Board, International Tax and Public Finance, 2003-present.

Associate Editor, Conference Issue of the Economic Journal , 2001 & 2003.

Associate Editor, Fiscal Studies, 2004-2010.

Panel Evaluator, European Research Council, 2007.

Grant Evaluator, Economic and Social Research Council, 2005.

Grant Evaluator, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2006.

External PhD Examiner, University of Exeter, 2010.

External PhD Examiner, Toulouse University, 2001.

President/Co-Founder Public Economics UK, 1994-present.

Grants, FundingApplications,Ongoing Projects

RCUK New Economic Models of the Digital Economy (NEMODE), “Hub of All Things,”(Lead economist), £1.2 million, June 2013 - May 2015.

Area Research Director, ESRC Center, “Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy” (PINick Crafts), £3.8 million, 2009-2014.

New Economic Models of the Digital Economy Outreach Grant (with Ganna Pogrebna, XiaoMa, and David Reynolds), £5,000, May 2014.

Institute of Advanced Studies, Warwick University, “Competitive Advantage in the DigitalEconomy Summer School” (with Ganna Pogrebna), £20,000, May 2014.

National Audit Office, “Provision of Tax Reliefs” (with Gareth Myles), £30,000, 2013.

ESRC Discretionary Grant, “Interactions with Civil Society,” £17,000, November 2013.

ESRC Discretionary Grant, “PEUK,” £33,000, January 2013-October 2016.

Research Director, Warwick/ESRC CAGE Centre, January 2013 - December 2014.

Various on-going longer term research with Justgiving.com/McMaster University/Bristol;Charities Aid Foundation; HMRC Data Lab.

PI for shortlisted (but rejected in the end) £875,000 EPSRC NEMODE II Grant (2014).

“Understanding Online Giving in the UK,” ESRC Knowledge Exchange Grant (with AbigailPayne and Sarah Smith): £34,000, January 2013-December 2014.

“Understanding Giving in Canada and the United Kingdom,” Social Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council of Canada (SSHRC) International Opportunities Fund Grant (with AbigailPayne and Sarah Smith): $50,000 Canadian, 2010-2012.

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“Online Giving in the UK,” SSHRC Research Development Initiative (with Abigail Payneand Sarah Smith), £17,000, 2010-2012.

“Public Economics UK,” HM Treasury/HM Revenue and Customs: £12,000, 2009-2012.

“Gift Aid Donor Research: Exploring Options for Higher Rate Tax Relief,” HM Revenue andCustoms: £80,000, 2009.

“Public Economics UK,” British Academy: £2,000, 2008.

“Public Economics UK,” HM Treasury/HM Customs and Revenue: £6,000, 2007-2009.

“Research Seminars in Public Economics,” ESRC Research Seminar Competition: £18,000,2005-2007.

Marie Curie Research Fellowship, Post Doctoral Award (Sebastian Kessing). £40,000, 2005.

“Public Economics UK,” Inland Revenue. £9,000, 2003-2008.

“Research Seminars in Public Economics,” HM Treasury. £3,000, 2001-2003.

“Public Economics in a Multi-Jurisdictional World,” ESRC Research Seminar Competition.£15,000, 2001-2003.

“Democracy and Voluntary Activities,” SSHRC Standard Grant, with Ignatius Horstmann.$35,000 CDN, 1999-2002.

“IFS/Warwick Public Economics Working Group,” ESRC Research Seminar Competition.£15,000, 1997-1999.

“Fiscal Policies and the Environment,” ESRC Research Seminar Competition, with CarloPerroni and John Whalley. £200,000, 1996-2000.

Warwick Staff Development Fund. £1,500, 1995.

University of Toronto Maurice Cody Doctoral Fellowship. $33,000 Canadian, 1993-1995.

SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. $50,000 CDN, 1992-1995.

Upcoming andRecent AcademicPresentations

Centre for Global Development, London, May 11, 2016.

De Montfort University, March 8, 2017.

University of Birmingham, February 17, 2016.

Kent University, February 4, 2016.

Association for the Study of Generosity in Economics Special Session, ASSA/AEA meetings,San Francisco, January 3-5, 2016.

Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Boston, November 19-21, 2015.

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Keynote Lecture, Research Centre on Cooperative and Nonprofit Organisations, CatholicUniversity of Milan, Milan, October 15, 2015

Economic Policy Research Unit, University of Copenhagen, September 18, 2015.

International Centre for Tax and Development, University of Bergen, August 15, 2015.

Silvaplana Political Economy Workshop, Switzerland, July 25-29, 2015.

European Research Network On Philanthropy Annual Conference, Paris, July 9-11, 2015.

Vienna Centre for Experimental Economics, University of Vienna, June 12, 2015.

Institute for Fiscal Studies/STICERD Public Economics Seminar, London, May 27, 2015.

Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence Unit, HMRC, London, May 22, 2015.

Charities Tax Team, HM Revenue and Customs, April 22, 2015.

ESRC Tax Administration Research Centre, University of Exeter, April 20, 2015.

Simon Fraser University, April 14, 2015.

Frankfurt University, February 12, 2015.

University of Paris, January 20, 2015

Durham University, December 6, 2014.

Warwick University, November 27, 2014.

Warwick Manufacturing Group, November 11, 2014.

Hamburg University, June 19, 2014.

Bristol University, June 14, 2014.

Warwick University, June 11, 2014.

Bristol University, May 7, 2014.

Duke University, April 22, 2014.

University of Manchester, April 9, 2014.

CESifo, Munich, March 15, 2014.

University of Helsinki, March 11, 2014.

University of Ottawa, March 6, 2014.

HMRC London, January 28, 2014.

ASSA/AEA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, January 4, 2014.

Bristol University, December 12, 2013.

University of Victoria, November 21, 2013.

CESifo, Munich, November 11, 2013.

National Audit Office, London, October 10, 2013.

University of Birmingham, July 15, 2013.

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Toulouse University, June 11, 2013.

Paris School of Economics, May 30, 2013.

Warwick University, April 11, 2013.

Royal Holloway College, April 9, 2013.

New Philanthropy Capital, London, March 22, 2013.

Exeter University, February 2, 2013.

Warwick University, January 15, 2012.

Institute d’Economia Barcelona, Barcelona, September 14, 2012.

Dresden, August 22, 2012.

Paris School of Economics, May 12, 2012.

OtherDissemination

“The Google Tax Deal – It’s All About the Base,” Kimberley Scharf’s Blog, 30/01/16

“Women in Economics,” Interview with Womanthology Magazine, 25/01/16.

“Aspirations and Math,” Speakers for Schools, Baxter College, 11/12/15.

“The Economics of Charity,” Speakers for Schools, Sir Graham Balfour School, Sheffield,04/02/14.

“The Ice Bucket Challenge,” (with Sarah Smith), Society Now, ESRC, Autumn 2014.

“Fixed Costs & Non-Profits’ Efficiency,” The BIG Blog, WMG, Warwick, 15/08/14.

“Public Economics and Private Charity,” Speakers for Schools, Saint Francis of Assisi RCTechnology College, 08/07/14.

“The Big Lottery Fund and Fixed Costs,” Big Lottery Fund Blog, Big Lottery Fund, 15/07/14.

“How Donors Perceive Fixed Costs and What Your Charity Can Do About It: Q & A withKimberley Scharf,” JustGiving Blog, 01/07/14.

“Religion and Charity,” More or Less, Radio 4, 13/06/14.

“Publishing in Peer Review Journals,” Panelist at Lunchtime Session, Royal Economic Soci-ety Women’s Committee, Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Manchester, 09/04/14.

“Scale Economies and Innovation Slowdown in the Charitable Sector,” JustGiving/Warwick/BristolWorkshop on “Academic Insights into Fundraising,” 28/03/14.

“Public Policy and Private Charity,” Speakers for Schools, Stratford-Upon-Avon GrammarSchool, 11/02/14.

“Are Tax Reliefs For Charitable Giving Effective? Doing the Numbers (With Some NumbersMissing),” Focus, Charity Finance Group Newsletter, 02/14.

“The Economics of Charity and Public Policy,” Warwick Economics Society, 10/02/14.

“Panel Debate – What Area of Research or Analysis has the Potential to Most Improve thePerformance of Tax Administrations?,” invited panelist HMRC/ESRC International TaxAnalysis Conference, London, 25/01/14.

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“Charitable Giving at Christmas,” The BIG Blog, Warwick Manufacturing Group, 15/12/13.

“Engaging With the Third Sector: An Academic’s Perspective,” The BIG Blog, WarwickManufacturing Group, 25/11/13.

“How Behavioural Economics Can Help Your Charity: A Q&A with Kimberley Scharf,”JustGiving Blog, 25/11/13.

“Response to HM Treasury’s ‘Digital Gift Aid’ Consultation,” 11/09/13.

“Behaviour, Responses and the Budget Box,” Speakers for Schools, Handsworth GrangeCommunity School, Sheffield, 09/07/13.

“Charitable Giving at Christmas Time,” University of Warwick 2012 Christmas Message,12/12/12/.

“Behaviour, Responses and the Budget Box,” ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, 04/11/12.

“Why Are Some Countries More Charitable Than Others?” Voice of Russia UK PanelDebate, 12/09/12.

“Tough Times Mean Tough Choices About Public Finances: On Maintaining a BalanceBetween Taxation and Philanthropy,” Center for the Advancement in Studies of Education(CASE) European Annual Conference, 23/08/12. (Stellar Speaker Award).

“What Next, George?” The Guardian, 26/06/12.

“More Facebook Friends Isn’t Necessarily Better for Marketers,” Business News Daily, 09/08/12.

“People With More Facebook Friends Are Less Likely to Give to Charity, Research Suggests,”Third Sector, 07/08/12.

“More Facebook Friends Mean Less Charitable People,” The Times of India, 07/08/12.

“Best of Blogs,” The Guardian Voluntary Sector News Daily, 08/08/12.

“Too Many Facebook Friends Bad News for Charities,” Pro Bono Australia News, 09/08/12.

“Sweetened Charity,” The Economist, 09/06/12.

“Should We Worry When Small Charities Go Bust? Not Necessarily,” Kimberley Scharf’sBlog, 25/05/12.

“Is the Proposed Cap on Tax Relief for Charitable Donations a Knee-Jerk Reaction to theElimination of the 50% Income Tax Rate?” Russell Group Directors of CommunicationMeeting, 28/05/12.

“Capping Tax Relief? Say What!?” Kimberly Scharf’s Blog, Guardian Best of Blog, May2012; and related engagement (Radio 4 Today programme; mentioned in House of Parliamentbriefings, and statements from the sector).

Recent andUpcomingConferences(Organiser/Co-organiser)

ESRC/Oxford Centre for Business Taxation, PEUK Annual Conference, Oxford University,September 2016.

CESifo, Venice Institute, The Economics of Philanthropy, Venice, July 2016.

ESRC/Charities Aid Foundation, Natural Disasters Day, London, June 2016.

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ESRC/Charities Aid Foundation, Corporate Social Responsibility and Responses to NaturalDisasters, Roundtable Brunch, London, May 2016.

ESRC/JustGiving Workshop, More Academic Insights into Fundraising, London, March2016.

ESRC/TARC, PEUK Annual Conference, Exeter, September 2015.

IFS/PEUK/Nuffield Foundation, PEUK London Workshop, Bank of England, London,March 2015.

CEPR/CAGE, PEUK Annual Conference, University of Warwick, December 2014.

ESRC/CAGE/IFS, PEUK London Workshop, IFS, October 2014.

CAGE/LSE/Toulouse/Paris/Namur, NGO and Nonprofit Economics Research Network An-nual Conference, Warwick, June 2014.

ESRC/CAGE/LSE, PEUK London Workshop, LSE, June 2014.

ESRC/CAGE/CMPO, PEUK Annual Conference, Bristol, May 2014.

CAGE Spring School, Competitive Advantage in the Digital Economy, Venice, May 2014.

CAGE/JustGiving Workshop, Academic Insights into Fundraising, London, March 2014.

ESRC/CAGE, PEUK Annual Conference, Warwick, June 2013.

CAGE/LSE/Toulouse/Paris/Namur, NGO and Nonprofit Economics Research Network An-nual Conference, Toulouse, June 2013.

ESRC/CAGE, Spring School on Generosity and Well-Being, April 2013.

AcademicRefereeing

American Economic Review ; Econometrica; Journal of Political Economy ; Journal of Pub-lic Economics; Economic Journal ; Review of Economic Studies; European Journal of Po-litical Economy ; Journal of the American Economic Association: Applied Theory ; OxfordEconomic Papers; Journal of the European Economics Association; Journal of Urban Eco-nomics; Canadian Journal of Economics; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; InternationalTax and Public Finance; Fiscal Studies; Journal of Law, Economics and Organization; Pub-lic Choice; Economic Bulletin; Journal of International Economics; Journal of PoliticalEconomy ; Journal of Public Economic Theory ; Economica; Economic Letters; Journal ofthe European Economics Association; Journal of Political Economy .