1/ Another addition to the list of 'things the UK does worse than peer countries for foolish political reasons': VAT.

My latest is on why the UK should be putting VAT on pretty much everything, and how VAT exclusions distort the economy and politics.

economist.com/britain/2024/0…

Now coming to a computer screen near you!

Very excited to present 'Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality' (with Paolo Piacquadio) as part of the Normative Economics and Economic Policy webinar series. 1/2

Do we hold others responsible for their choices even when these choices have been shaped by unfair unequal circumstances?

Yes, we do, suggests 'Shallow Meritocracy' from Peter Andre (Peter Andre), recently accepted at REStud.

restud.com/shallow-merito…

CALL FOR PAPERS is now open for the CBT Doctoral Conference, which will be held in Oxford on 9 - 10 September 2024. Submissions are welcomed from PhD students and early careers researchers. For more details and the submission form visit oxsbs.link/3IQVVdv

Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation

Martin Wolf: Fascism has changed but it is not dead on.ft.com/3PDM3Hw

How can we tax companies without distorting investments?

1. Tax profits, allowing firms to deduct investment costs
2. Pay out these deductions immediately, in cash if needed

Our new paper w/Torfinn Harding, accepted at JAERE provides theoretical and empirical support for this

Today is International Women’s Day. Despite improvements in women’s economic wellbeing, opportunities and rights, there remain significant and persistent gender gaps.

Can tax and spending policies work better for women and help close these gaps? The answer is yes, BUT: 👇🏻

Columnists at FT Alphaville discussing whether the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund should invest in private equity, informed by research from colleagues at Saïd Business School on.ft.com/49W4tuR

Det er mange ubesvarte spørsmål rundt effekter av høy arbeidsgiveravgift på høye lønninger. Enn så lenge, mener jeg argumentene for å beholde skatten er svake.
Kronikk med Magne Mogstad og Gaute Torsvik i DN. dn.no/innlegg/skatt/…

CALL FOR PAPERS: Academics are invited to submit a paper for the CBT Symposium (27-29 June 2024). Submission deadline 26 March. Details and submission form at oxfordtax.web.ox.ac.uk/event/annual-a…

Join us for the next OMG Transatlantic Tax Talk on Tuesday 27 February @ 5pm GMT. Pierce O'Reilly
Pierce O'Reilly and Ana Cinta Gonzalez Cabral
Ana Cinta G. Cabral will present their paper 'The Global Minimum Tax and the taxation of MNE profit' Login details at oxfordtax.web.ox.ac.uk