Biography

Jeff Strnad’s research is spread across the fields of taxation, public finance, finance, and empirical analysis. He has published leading works on the taxation of financial instruments. Professor Strnad is an innovative teacher of quantitative methods, creating original courses in empirical analysis and game theory. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1997, he was a professor of law and economics at the California Institute of Technology and the John B. Milliken Professor of Taxation at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

Professor Strnad holds a courtesy appointment as Professor of Economics with the Stanford University Economics Department.

Key Works

• Jeff Strnad, Deflation and the Income Tax, 59 Tax Law Review 243 (2007).
• Jeff Strnad, Should Legal Empiricists Go Bayesian? Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, No. 342, 2007.
• James F. Strnad, , 78 Southern California Law Review 1221 (2005) / Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, no. 286 (2004).
• James F. Strnad II. Conceptualizing The ‘Fat Tax’: The Role Of Food Taxes In Developed Economies, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, no. 286 (2004).
• James F. Strnad II, Taxes and Nonrenewable Resources: The Impact on Exploration and Development, 55 Southern Methodist University Law Review 1683-1752 (Fall 2002).
• James F. Strnad II, Tax Depreciation and Risk, 52 Southern Methodist University Law Review 547-655 (1999).
• James F. Strnad II, The Taxation of Bonds: The Tax Trading Dimension, 81 Virginia Law Review 47-116 (1995).
• James F. Strnad II, Taxing New Financial Products: A Conceptual Framework, 46 Stanford Law Review 569-605 (1994).

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Bayesian Statistics and Econometrics
• Econometrics
• Empirical Research Seminar
• Foundations of Statistical Inference

Programs

• John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications View All

• James F. Strnad, Taxation and the Evolution of Aggregate Corporate Ownership Concentration: Comments, in Taxing Corporate Income Tax in the 21st Century, Alan J. Auerbach, James R. Hines and Joel Slemrod, eds., New York: Cambridge University Press, November 2007.
• Jeff Strnad, Deflation and the Income Tax, 59 Tax Law Review 243 (2007).
• Jeff Strnad, Should Legal Empiricists Go Bayesian? Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, No. 342, 2007.
• George F. Loewenstein, Deborah Small, and James F. Strnad, Statistical, Identifiable and Iconic Victims and Perpetrators, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, No. 301 (March 2005).
• James F. Strnad, , 78 Southern California Law Review 1221 (2005) / Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, no. 286 (2004).
• James F. Strnad II. Conceptualizing The ‘Fat Tax’: The Role Of Food Taxes In Developed Economies, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, no. 286 (2004).
• James F. Strnad II, Taxes and Nonrenewable Resources: The Impact on Exploration and Development, 55 Southern Methodist University Law Review 1683-1752 (Fall 2002).
• James F. Strnad II, Tax Depreciation and Risk, 52 Southern Methodist University Law Review 547-655 (1999).
• James Frank Strnad II, Tax Timing and the Haig-Simons Ideal: a Rejoinder to Professor Popkin, in, Tax Law. Patricial D. White, editor. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1995. v. 2. p. 51-72
• James F. Strnad II, The Taxation of Bonds: The Tax Trading Dimension, 81 Virginia Law Review 47-116 (1995).

Affiliations & Honors

Professional Affiliations

• Director, Voice of the Children