Glenn Hubbard, one of the nation's most prominent economists, will address "Tax Policy and International Competitiveness: A Cross-Country Comparison," when he speaks at the University of California, San Diego Economics Roundtable, October 12, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Faculty Club on the UCSD campus. Hubbard, a former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, is dean of the Graduate School of Business, and professor of economics, at Columbia University.

Named to the Council of Economic Advisers by President Bush in 2001, Hubbard is widely believed to be the primary mover behind the Bush tax-cut package. The journal "International Economy" called him the most influential chair of the Council in two decades.

Hubbard's specialties include public finance, managerial incentives in corporate finance and financial markets and institutions. His most recent book is titled, "Tax Policy and Multinational Corporations," in which Hubbard outlines how U.S. tax policy significantly affects decision-making by multinational corporations. Hubbard received his Ph.D in economics from Harvard in 1983 and was named dean of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia in 2004.

The public is invited to attend the Economics Roundtable, with the meeting running from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The $50 cost includes continental breakfast, parking and the presentation. For additional information, phone (858) 822-0510, or e-mail emunk@ucsd.edu. On line registration is available at http://econ.ucsd.edu/roundtable.