Don Bruce
Donald Bruce is the Randy and Jenny Boyd Distinguished Professor in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee with a joint appointment as director of the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research and Professor in the Department of Economics. He also serves as the University of Tennessee’s Faculty Athletics Representative to the NCAA and SEC. As a Boyd Center economist, he regularly provides objective, non-partisan policy research and evaluation under contracts with an array of government agencies at the federal and state levels. His recent work has included an ongoing evaluation of Tennessee’s welfare program, Families First, for the Tennessee Department of Human Services, an analysis of teacher supply and demand in Tennessee for the Governor’s Office of Education Policy, and a forecast of expenditures on Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarships for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. In addition to his Boyd Center research, Dr. Bruce studies the economic and behavioral effects of tax policies on such things as small business activity and owner-occupied housing. His work has been presented and published in a variety of academic journals, edited volumes, and professional meetings. He has testified before Congress on the topic of internet taxation, and he presented his work on taxes and small business activity before the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform in 2005. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on the economics of taxation.
Bruce joined the UT faculty in 1999 after receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Syracuse University and his B.A. with honors in Economics from Drew University.
Media & Press Releases
- Tennessee Business Optimism Soars, Prioritizes Workforce Over Recession Fears - BNN
- Business Leaders Praise Business-Friendly Tennessee but Share Concerns About Filling Jobs
- How does living in Knoxville affect your wallet? Find where we rank on household costs - Knoxville News Sentinel
- Tennessee’s unemployment rate rises to 9-month high but remains below U.S. average - Chattanooga Times Free Press
- Recession fears lessen for Tennessee business leaders - WATE TV 6 News
- Unemployment edges higher in the Chattanooga area but remains near historic lows - Chattanooga Times Free Press
- Tennessee New Business Filings Set Third Consecutive Quarterly Record - Tennessee Secretary of State Website
- UGA Faculty Athletics Representative David Shipley Honored - Georgia Dogs
- Tennessee kicks off budget season with experts predicting stagnant revenues - Tennessee Lookout
- Tennessee revenues flattening as economy regresses toward mean - WKRN Nashville