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EU Tax Observatory
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Independent research lab focusing on #taxation, corporate tax avoidance, tax evasion, and solutions to these issues. Directed by @gabrielzucman.bsky.social

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Curious how countries can curb tax haven usage & raise business ownership transparency? 🤔

Join @jakobbrounstein.bsky.social ( @theifs.bsky.social ) at our #LunchSeminar!

🗓️ Nov 21, 12:00 CET
📍 @pse.bsky.social & Online

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🚨 Save the Date!

Don’t miss our joint conference with @skatteforsk.bsky.social: From Secrecy to Transparency: The End of Hidden Wealth?

🗓️ 3-4 Feb 2026
📍 @pse.bsky.social

Explore how global reforms, beneficial ownership registries & data sharing impact offshore tax evasion and financial secrecy.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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📢 New WP alert! Can stronger tax compliance make markets less concentrated?

The paper by @matejbajgar.bsky.social, Petr Janský & Tijmen Tuinsma finds that tougher tax transparency rules for multinationals lead to less industry concentration 🧵

Full paper: www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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There's less than 1️⃣ month to go until the deadline for submissions to our #CallForPapers for the 2026 World Inequality Conference.

🏃‍♀️Hurry up and submit your paper by 1 December!

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World Inequality Conference 2026 - World Inequality Lab
The World Inequality Lab is organizing the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, to be held at the Paris School of Economics on June 4-5, 2026.
inequalitylab.world
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🌍 Les batailles pour les ressources naturelles

Rejoignez @nmoreaukastler.bsky.social pour une discussion sur la géoéconomie : rivalités commerciales, reconfigurations des chaînes de valeur, et instruments économiques de puissance.

🗓️ 6 nov | 11h00

👉 En direct: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2gq...
Les batailles pour les ressources naturelles - 06/11 - 11h00 (LYON 3 ROUBIER)
YouTube video by Journées de l'Economie
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November 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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How can teaching tax morale in schools foster prosocial behavior and strengthen democracy? 🖋️🤓

Join Enrico Rubolino (Univ. of Lausanne) at our next #LunchSeminar!

🗓️ Nov 7, 2025 – 12:00 CET
📍 @pse.bsky.social & Online

🔗 lnkd.in/dkpC68XU
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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How does Brazil’s tax system create unequal opportunities for firms to comply—or not? 🤔

Join Luciana Barcarolo & Jhoney Barcarolo for our next #LunchSeminar at the @PSEinfo
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🗓️ Oct 31, 2025 | 12:00 CET | In-person & online
🔗 lnkd.in/dkpC68XU
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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💥 Our colleague Blueberry Planterose built an interactive simulator to explore how taxing the ultra-wealthy affects progressivity & public revenue.

A must-see for anyone interested in fiscal justice & transparency!

👉https://zucman-simulateur.fr/
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Does Switzerland’s tax system really level the playing field — or just move the goalposts? 🤔

Join Enea Baselgia (ETH Zurich) at our next #LunchSeminar.

🗓️ Oct 24 | 12:00 CET |
📍@PSEinfo & online
🔗 lnkd.in/dkpC68XU
October 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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@gabrielzucman.bsky.social and Pascal Saint-Amans will be debating on “Taxing the wealthiest: what kind of tax justice for the 21st century?” at the @normalesup.bsky.social

📅 Thursday, October 23, 2025

👉 More info: lnkd.in/e7yPaQhP

👉 Register here: lnkd.in/e4SdRmMe
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Why do mafias invest in clean companies? 🤔

Join Rocco Macchiavello (Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science) for our next #LunchSeminar to explore this question.

🗓️ October 17, 2025 | 12:00 PM (CET)
📍 Paris School of Economics & Online

🔗 Registration: lnkd.in/dkpC68XU
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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How does inheritance tax avoidance work through the family firm? 🤔

Join @isabelmico.bsky.social (Economist at the @Bank of Spain) for our next #LunchSeminar to explore this question.

🗓️ October 10, 2025 | 12pm (CET)
📍 @pse.bsky.social & online

🔗 Registration: lnkd.in/dkpC68XU
October 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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From trade wars to @un.org talks, global tax cooperation is at stake.
Oct 2, Paris, #ICRICT Commissioners, policymakers & civil society debate how to build a fairer international tax system amid great-power rivalry.
⏰6–8PM
📍Paris School of Economics
Inscriptions: shorturl.at/I6Kvp
#TaxThePower
September 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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1/6 Does requiring stronger due diligence for foreign sourcing work? 🤔

Our latest policy note by @nmoreaukastler.bsky.social and @giuliavaraschin.bsky.social looks at the US experience with conflict minerals 🧵

Read the full note: www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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🇧🇷 Brazil's President @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social opened the UN General Assembly with powerful messages, including a strong call for taxing the super-rich.
September 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Today, our Policy Director, @qparrinello.bsky.social, was auditioned by the FISC Committee of the European Parliament on the implications of Trump administration tax policies on Europe 🇪🇺

📺 Watch the full session: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This week's #LunchSeminar with Laurence Jacquet (‪ @cy-univ.bsky.social ) will focus on production regulation principles and tax reforms.

🗓️ September 26 | 12 PM (CET)
📍 Join us in person at @pse.bsky.social or online via Zoom

🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris.

📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!

▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

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World Inequality Conference 2026 - World Inequality Lab
The World Inequality Lab is organizing the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, to be held at the Paris School of Economics on June 4-5, 2026.
inequalitylab.world
September 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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🧵1/6 #Dubai’s real estate market isn’t just booming, it’s also a major hub for offshore real estate investment.

Our study reveals that 1/3 of the city’s residential property (~$68B) is owned by non-resident foreigners, dwarfing most major global cities.

👉 www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/...
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Guess what? EUTO #LunchSeminar is back! 🚀

🎙️Join Margarita López Forero ( @banquedefrance-off.bsky.social ) for an interesting discussion on offshoring wage inequality in tax havens.

🗓️ September 19 | 12pm (CET)
📍 @pse.bsky.social & Zoom

🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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This September, the “Zucman Tax” is back on France’s political agenda.

Hear directly from its creator, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, as he explains what this tax is all about ⤵️

Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zv1...
Taxer les ultra-riches : la taxe Zucman expliquée par son créateur
YouTube video by Quotidien
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September 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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💬 @giuliavaraschin.bsky.social: "The proposal is for a minimum level of taxation that would simply fill the current gap and ensure the ultra-rich pay as much in taxes as everyone else."

🎥 Watch the full interview: www.raiplay.it/video/2025/0...
September 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🧵 1/ Over 20% of global banking debt is booked in #TaxHavens. Why do international banks rely so heavily on low-tax jurisdictions with tiny economies?

Our latest Working Paper provides the first global evidence of large-scale debt shifting to avoid taxes 👇

www.taxobservatory.eu/es/publicati...
September 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Our third #TheOffshoreTalks with @ebharrington.bsky.social and @chrisaltereco.bsky.social explored how offshore finance fuels economic crises and austerity, while also undermining democracy.

📺 Missed it live? Catch the full lecture now on our YouTube channel → youtu.be/WNE6ssttHP4
Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism with Brooke Harrington
YouTube video by EU Tax Observatory
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May 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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💰 Interested in where profits from extractives really go?

Don’t miss tomorrow’s session with @nmoreaukastler.bsky.social and Pierre Bachas!

🗓️ 7 Aug | 15:00 CEST

🔗 Sign up: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM