Alex primarily researches on the Australian domestic income tax rules for business entities and Tax Policy, but her work also uses comparative analysis (to date of US Income Tax Law). She is passionate about how vehicles and the tax system can be used to drive innovation, and she is also interested in intergenerational wealth transfer. Alex’s PhD thesis presented a new design for the taxation of income (both income and capital gains) derived through business trusts in Australia, drawing on two different models from US Income Tax Law and using the tax policy criteria for creating a good tax system. Her PhD was awarded in 2016.