Lindsay M. Tedds
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS · UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY | CO-FOUNDER, INCLUSIECON
Public finance economist working on how the design of taxes,
benefits, and administration decides who is included — and who is left out.
lindsay.tedds1@ucalgary.ca
lindsaytedds.ca
inclusiecon.ca
Ph.D. Economics, McMaster
What I Work On
My research sits where public finance, tax policy, and social policy meet: how fiscal and administrative design shapes equity, access, and well-being in Canada.
I work across peer-reviewed scholarship, technical reports for decision makers, and partnerships with governments and community organizations — because the question of whether a benefit reaches the person it was built for is answered in administration, not in theory.
Research Areas
Basic income design
Tax & benefit administration
Marginal Value of Public Funds
Property tax equity
Cash transfer design
Intersectional policy analysis & GBA+
User fees & municipal finance
Disability & income supports
Short-term rental economies
Tax compliance & the underground economy
Policy Influence
Chair, B.C. MSP Task Force
Government of British Columbia, 2018–2019 — recommendations on eliminating
Medical Services Plan premiums.
Member, B.C. Basic Income Expert Panel
Government of British Columbia, 2018–2021 — $1.1M research program;
the resulting framework is now standard reference in Canadian basic income debate.
Academic Director, Nunavut Basic Income Project
Government of Nunavut, 2021–2022 — $892K feasibility study on
addressing poverty in Canada's North.
Expert witness & expert testimony
Supreme Court of British Columbia (2021–2023). Five appearances before
House of Commons and Senate standing committees (2014–2022). Panelist before
Members of Cabinet, 2023.
Task forces & commissions
Royal Society of Canada COVID-19 Task Force · Government of Canada Task
Force on Women and the Economy · Ecofiscal Commission · City of Calgary Financial
Task Force.
Research Funding
Basic Income for B.C. (PI)$1,100,000
Basic Income for Nunavut (Co-I)$892,073
Calgary Short-Term Rentals (PI)$324,070
FACT — SSHRC Partnership Dev. (PI)$199,923
Property Tax Regressivity (PI)$91,500
Twenty-four further grants$752,218
Total awarded$3.36M
29 grants and research contracts. Principal Investigator on 26.
Published Record
Peer-reviewed journal articles22
Books5
Edited volumes1
Book chapters9
Policy papers21
Technical reports39
General interest & op-eds43
Including Public Finance in Canada (McGraw-Hill), the standard
Canadian public finance textbook — 6th ed. 2023, 7th ed. forthcoming 2027.
Awards
Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal
Government of Alberta, 2022
Purvis Prize — Honourable Mention
Canadian Economics Association, 2023
Faculty of Arts Award for Public Engagement
University of Calgary, 2021
Current Leadership
Principal Investigator & Co-Director, FACT
Fair and Accountable Canadian Taxation, 2026–2029. With Jennifer Robson
(Carleton) and Antoine Genest-Grégoire (Sherbrooke).
Academic Lead, MVPF Partnership
Marginal Value of Public Funds, 2026–2028. Partner: Maytree.
Co-Director, ENABLE
Equity in Needs-Based Assistance for Better Lives, 2026–2028.
Co-Founder, INCLUSIECON
Public-facing hub for inclusive economics research.
Editorial Board, Canadian Tax Journal
2020–present.
Public Commentary
50+media appearances in a standard year — 100+ in an election year
Television, radio, print, podcasts
Non-partisan economic commentary on current events. Regular solicited
advice to members of Canadian governments.
Writing
43 op-eds and general interest pieces. Blog:
Dead for Tax Reasons.
Teaching & Mentorship
20 yrsteaching public finance and economics across four universities
Undergraduate
Principles of Micro- and Macroeconomics; Canadian Public Finance.
Classes to 390 students.
Graduate
Public Revenue Analysis; Microsimulation Modeling for Policy Analysis;
Markets and Public Policy.
Supervision
Doctoral and master's supervision and committee membership; a research
team of post-docs, associates, and coordinators.
lindsay.tedds1@ucalgary.ca
lindsaytedds.ca
inclusiecon.ca
Department of Economics, University of Calgary