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Joyce Beebe

Fellow in Public Finance

Biography

Joyce Beebe, Ph.D., is a fellow in public finance at the Baker Institute. Her research focuses on tax reforms in the U.S. and computable general equilibrium modeling of the effects of tax reforms. Her other research interests include wealth accumulation over a person’s lifetime and, generally, how public policies influence decision-making.

Prior to joining the Baker Institute, Beebe was an international tax director at Grant Thornton LLP and an economist at Deloitte Tax LLP, specializing in transfer pricing. Her primary responsibilities were to provide strategic planning and risk management advice to corporate executive teams for management, tax planning and financial reporting purposes from a transfer pricing perspective. Specifically, Beebe conducted valuation of intangible properties and cost-sharing analyses, advised on IRS audit defense strategies, performed valuation and debt capacity analyses for intercompany fixed income securities and prepared transfer pricing due diligence and exposure analyses for merger and acquisition purposes. She is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society Houston.

Beebe received a B.A. in public finance (valedictorian) from National Chengchi University in Taiwan, a diploma from the Stockholm School of Economics and a Ph.D. in economics from Rice University.

Contact at [email protected] or 713-348-3617.

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Affordable Housing Projects Will Cost Harris County Entities Billions
A new report by Center for Tax and Budget Policy fellows Bill King, Joyce Beebe, and John Diamond, along with Marcus Jonesi, shows that property tax exemptions for affordable housing projects have already removed $5 billion in value from local tax rolls, leading to a shift in the burden of funding public schools and services. With costs projected to reach $2.2 billion over the next 10 years, the authors examine the true cost of these often-hidden exemptions.
Bill King, Joyce Beebe, John W. Diamond, Marcus Jonesi March 4, 2026
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Evaluating Texas Appraisal District Performance
The Texas Constitution requires property taxation to be equal and uniform across each property type, with appraisals matching full market value. Responsibility for this falls to the state’s Central Appraisal Districts. However, recent analysis by Center for Tax and Budget Policy fellow Joyce Beebe shows not all major appraisal districts consistently conform to state standards.
Joyce Beebe November 25, 2025