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The increased global mobility of capital and labour poses a number of challenges to national tax systems: intricate global structures to hide personal wealth from the eyes of tax administrators and regulators, conflicts about the international allocation of taxing rights, a fast-evolving international tax policy landscape. The seminar focuses on the topic of taxation in the global economy and aims to bring together international junior and senior researchers working on international taxation, tax avoidance and evasion, tax competition, tax harmonization and related topics. Presentations can be polished papers or work in progress. The aim is to learn from each other and to discuss in a friendly atmosphere.

The seminar takes place at Paris School of Economics and via Zoom.

Sign-up for the seminar mailing list here.

If you would like to book a private time slot to meet the speaker, please email Ninon Moreau-Kastler (ninon.moreau-kastler@psemail.eu) or Léo Czajka leo.czajka@psemail.eu specifying which session.

This project has received funding from the European Union (TAXUD/2022/DE/310).

2024-25 Calendar

Friday 14 February 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Bob Rijkers: Does Better Information Curb Customs Fraud?

Friday 7 March 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Céline Azemar: tba

Friday 14 March 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Isabelle Méjean: tba

Friday 21 March 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Lucie Gadenne: tba

Friday 28 March 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Isabela Manelici (LSE): tba

Friday 4 April 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

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Friday 11 April 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Antoine Ferey (Sciences Po): tba

Friday 25 April 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

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Friday 16 Ma 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Erin Troland: tba

Friday 23 May 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Lin Tian: tba

Friday 13 June 2025 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Ilyana Kuziemko (Princeton): tba

Past seminars:

Friday 8 November 2024 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Maarten van’t Riet (Tilburg University): Tax avoidance by redirecting royalty flows: estimating the global revenue loss with Arjan Lejour (Tilburg University)

Friday 13 December 2024 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

KNEBELMANN Justine (Sciences Po): Discretion versus Algorithms: Bureaucrats and Tax Equity in Senegal

Friday 29 November 2024 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

Arthur Guillouzouic Le Corff (CNRS, AMSE, PSE-IPP): Taxing Wealth in the Presence of Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from France

Friday 18 October 2024 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

WALLOSSEK Luisa (University of Oslo): The Marriage Earnings Gap

Friday 4 October 2024 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

LANGENMAYR Dominika (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt): Navigating the Amazon: The Incidence of Digital Service Taxes

Friday 27 September 2024 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

KYSAR Rebecca (Fordham University): The Global Tax Deal and the New International Economic Governance

Friday 20 September 2024 12:00-13:00 │ R1-14

GOUPILLE-LEBRET Jonathan (ENS LYON): Tax Design, Information, and Elasticities: Evidence From the French Wealth Tax with Bertrand GARBINTI, Mathilde MUNOZ, Stefanie STANTCHEVA, and Gabriel ZUCMAN

The Offshore Talks #2
Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

Special Guest: Quinn Slobodian – Professor of international history at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.

Join us for the second lecture in our Offshore Talks series with Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Dr Slobodian will delve into how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy.

In the past decade, globalization has fragmented the world into diverse legal territories—free ports, tax havens, and special economic zones. These spaces have emboldened ultracapitalists to imagine a future free from the oversight of democratic governance. Crack-Up Capitalism traces the journeys of radical libertarians—from Milton Friedman to Peter Thiel—as they seek out the ideal environments for unrestrained capitalism.

This event promises a thought-provoking exploration of economic and intellectual history. With its rich narratives and sharp analysis, Crack-Up Capitalism offers both a fresh perspective on global dynamics and a stark warning about emerging threats to democracy.

📝 Agenda: 

• 12:00 – 12:30 Lunch
• 12:30 – 13:15 Lecture
• 13:15 – 13:45 Panel discussion with Gabriel Zucman
• 13:45 – 14:00 Q&A session

This event is FREE and open to all, but seats are limited! Register by January 27th to secure your place.

The Offshore Talks – An Exploration of Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion and Illicit Financial Flows

How do the wealthy manage to dodge taxes and hide their fortunes in secret jurisdictions? What is the impact of hidden financial flows on the world economy? It’s time to lift the veil! Join us for The Offshore Talks, a groundbreaking lecture series that dives deep into the world of tax avoidance, tax evasion, and illicit financial flows.

🌍 What’s in Store? Leading voices from economics, law, political science, investigative journalism, and beyond will converge to share their latest research and real-world insights. Get ready for an exciting lineup of distinguished speakers who will help you navigate the hidden mechanisms that shape global inequality.

The workshop is organised jointly by the IEB, the University of Barcelona and the EU Tax Observatory. It will take place at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona on the 3rd and 4th of June 2025.

It will feature presentations by leading economists on various topics related to public economics. The sessions will cover topics ranging from corporate taxation, offshore wealth, wealth taxation, to inheritance taxation, taxes and inequality and the incidence of taxes.

We are also happy to have two keynote speakers: Dina Pomeranz (University of Zurich) and Youssef Benzarti (University of California, Santa Barbara).

Call for Papers

We welcome empirical and theoretical submissions on any topic in the economics of taxation. Contributions on tax evasion, tax enforcement, profit shifting, redistribution and inequality are particularly welcome. Completed manuscripts are highly encouraged.

Submission deadline: 14th March 2025
Acceptance decision: 31st March 2025

Completed manuscripts must be submitted here.