We investigate profit shifting by the largest and systemically relevant European multinational banks using new data made available through country-by-country reporting for the financial years 2014-2016. We capture tax incentives for income shifting using a multilateral tax differential between...

We are well aware of the rise of the 1% as the rapid growth of economic inequality has put the majority of the world's wealth in the pockets of fewer and fewer. One much-discussed solution to this imbalance is to significantly increase the rate at which we tax the wealthy. But with an enormous...

Zurich, Hong Kong, les Bahamas, les îles Cai͏̈mans, le Luxembourg... Ces noms évocateurs dissimulent une sinistre réalité : la fraude fiscale d'une minorité d'ultra-riches au détriment de l'immense majorité. Grâce à une méthode inédite, l'auteur a pu évaluer l'ampleur du...

Der französische Ökonom (Jahrgang 1986, Lehrer an der London School of Economics) greift die "legalen" Methoden multinationaler Konzerne zur Steueroptimierung, -verkürzung und -vermeidung auf und stellt damit die Steueroasen für Europäer an den Pranger. Mit aktuellen Daten und Statistiken...

As a consequence of recent regulatory initiatives against ‘banking secrecy', international financial activities in offshore financial centres (OFC), which comprise mostly small island tax-havens, may have diminished appeal to financial institutions and investors in advanced economies. In this...