IIES/SNS International Policy Talks: Gabriel Zucman on tax evasion and inequality

time and place

Thursday 26 October 2017, 09:00–10:30
SNS, Jakobsbergsgatan 18, Stockholm

How large is tax evasion at the international level and in Scandinavia? What are the effects for inequality in society? And how can tax evasion be reduced?

Gabriel Zucman, Researcher of Economics at University of California, Berkeley, conducts research on the above subjects. Using new micro data, together with colleagues he has studied the size and distribution of tax evasion in the Scandinavian countries.

Zucman comes to SNS to present his latest research on tax evasion, how it affects inequality and efficient measures for reducing tax evasion. In 2015, he published the book The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens.

Per Krusell and Åsa Hansson will participate in the seminar – both researchers in Economics. Åsa Hansson is one of the members of the SNS Economic Policy Council 2018, the topic of which will be the size and distribution of capital in Sweden.

IIES/SNS International Policy Talks is a collaboration between the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University and SNS with the mission to bring insights from leading international economists to the Swedish policy debate.

The seminar will be held in English.

Participants

Åsa Hansson, Associate Professor of Economics, Lund University. She is one of the authors of the SNS Economic Policy Council Report 2018 on the size and distribution of capital in Sweden.
Per Krusell, Professor of Ecconomics at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University.
Gabriel Zucman, Post Doctor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley.

Robert Östling, Associate Professor of Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm University is the moderator.

Registration and fee

The meeting is open to SNS members*, the press and specially invited. The fee is SEK 395 + VAT. In case of deregistration after October 24 or no-show, the fee is charged.

*List of SNS members/Information about membership

Warmly welcome!