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Alicia Hansen
Staff Writer and Webmaster
hansen@taxfoundation.org
Alicia Hansen is the staff writer, webmaster, and copy editor at the Tax Foundation. She also oversees and contributes to the Foundation's popular Tax Policy Blog. She has written two extensive studies of the tax policy implications of state-run lotteries, and her work has appeared in major newspapers and journals, including the Charlotte Observer, Crain's Chicago Business, the Providence Journal, and State Tax Notes. She has conducted numerous radio interviews on state-run lotteries and has testified before the Vermont legislature.
Previously, Ms. Hansen was enrolled in a doctoral program in philosophy at the University of Maryland, worked at the National Association for the Education of Young Children, performed volunteer work on a congressional re-election campaign in her home state of Connecticut, and worked as a self-employed tutor of math, reading, and French. She graduated summa cum laude from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.
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Contributions
- A Modest Proposal for Raising Education Revenue in Arkansas Without a Lottery, by Alicia Hansen, March 11, 2008
- Options for the Future of Vermont’s Lottery (Testimony Before the Ways and Means Committee of the Vermont Legislature), by Alicia Hansen, January 16, 2008
- Gambling with Tax Policy: States’ Growing Reliance on Lottery Tax Revenue, by Alicia Hansen, July 3, 2007
- Lottery Taxes Divert Income from Retirement Savings, by Alicia Hansen and Gerald Prante, January 19, 2006
- Telecommunications Deregulation in Texas Promises Increased Competition, Innovation and Efficiency, by Alicia Hansen, December 6, 2005
- State-Run Lotteries as a Form of Taxation, by Alicia Hansen, October 8, 2005
- Lottery supporters need education in tax policy, by Alicia Hansen, March 27, 2005
- More gambling for the children in Maryland, by Alicia Hansen, March 25, 2005
- Internet Lottery Sales: Click Here to Pay Higher Taxes, by Alicia Hansen, March 18, 2005
- Gamble Away Your State's Fiscal Responsibility in Three Easy Steps, by Alicia Hansen, March 18, 2005
- More Gambling for the Children?, by Alicia Hansen, March 1, 2005
- As tax method, lottery's a poor choice for Mississippi, by Alicia Hansen, February 25, 2005
- Upping the Ante on Nevada Gambling: Will the Legislature Approve a Lottery?, by Alicia Hansen, February 3, 2005
- Lotteries are another state tax — but with better marketing, by Alicia Hansen, January 3, 2005
- R.I. lottery is a tax that hurts citizens, by Alicia Hansen, December 16, 2004
- Don't bet N.C. tax system on the lottery, by Alicia Hansen, November 17, 2004
- Lotteries and State Fiscal Policy, by Alicia Hansen, October 1, 2004