James Alm (born January 6, 1950) is a professor and the Chair of Economics at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.
Alm has also participated in extensive application of his research on fiscal reforms in numerous countries, including Bangladesh, Jamaica, Grenada, Indonesia, Turkey, Hungary, China, Egypt, the Philippines, Russia, Uganda, Nigeria, India, Colombia, Nepal, Ukraine, Pakistan, and South Africa.
Alm is the Editor of Public Finance Review and various journal editorial boards.
His work has also been included in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Forbes, Business Week, and Bloomberg.
Prior to going to Tulane University as Chair of the Department of Economics, Alm served as chair of economics department in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and also as Dean of the Andrew Young School.