Jonathan Hamilton is the R. Perry Franksland Professor of Economics. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982. Since coming to Florida in 1984, he has held visiting appointments at the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), Duke University, the Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (Barcelona, Spain), and the University of Virginia. Professor Hamilton's research in public economics focuses on several dimensions of tax competition in federations, including the effects of different tax principles in cross-border transactions.  Professor Hamilton previously served as editor of the Southern Economics Journal and an associate editor of Regional Science and Urban Economics."