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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks to #PTommasino #MRomanelli & #MTasso for organizing the Workshop on Public Finance at the Banca d'Italia. Glad to present our paper w/ #JMDuran #AEsteller and #CKotsogiannis — and grateful to #AndrewHaughwout for an insightful discussion! @fundacioieb.bsky.social

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks to the organizers of the 2nd #Irish #PublicEconomics #Workshop #IPEW2025 at the
@centralbankireland.bsky.social for putting together an outstanding programme (& for having me present our paper w/ #JMDuran #AEsteller and #CKotsogiannis. Very productive event! 👉 publiceconomics.ie/workshop/

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Aug 20

Excited to co-edit this @jotajournal.bsky.social Special Issue with #EvangeliaChalioti & #ChristosKotsogiannis! 🚀
Exploring how #AI is reshaping
#TaxSystems — from #TaxAudits & #Compliance to #Policy & #TaxpayerServices.

📝 Deadline: Jan 16, 2026

More info here 👉: jota.website/jota/announc...

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 5

Full program available here: www.taxobservatory.eu//www-site/up...

www.taxobservatory.eu

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 5

Grateful for the fascinating keynotes to #YoussefBenzarti & @dinapomeranz.bsky.social and to all participants for sharing cutting-edge research on key #TaxTopics and for contributing to a vibrant debate! Looking forward to keeping the conversation going! #TaxEconomics #PublicFinance

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 5

Two days of rich discussion at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social - @fundacioieb.bsky.social Workshop on the #Economics of #Taxation (co-org with @manonf.bsky.social @dforemny.bsky.social @sofiaballadares.bsky.social @pnicolaides.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social) wrapped up!

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IEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · Jun 4

We’ve concluded an excellent 2nd and final day of the Workshop on the Economics of #Taxation, jointly organised by the IEB and @taxobservatory.bsky.social, with an insightful keynote by @dinapomeranz.bsky.social: “Raising Money for the State: Challenges of Taxation in Developing Countries”.

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EU Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · Jun 4

Day 2 of the Workshop on the Economics of Taxation kept the momentum going!⚡️

Today’s spotlight: 🏠 property taxes, 🔄 profit shifting, 💻 digitalization of tax systems, 🌍 tax spillovers, and ⚖️ growing enforcement challenges in developing countries, among other topics.

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EU Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 Keynote Spotlight!

"As enforcement capacity grows, so do efforts to engage in more intensive evasion and avoidance, particularly among large firms and richer individuals, which leads to more regressivity." 💬 @dinapomeranz.bsky.social

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 4

“Raising Money for the State: Challenges of Taxation in Developing Countries”—insightful keynote by @dinapomeranz.bsky.social at the @fundacioieb.bsky.social – @taxobservatory.bsky.social WS on #Economics of #Taxation Promise & limits of third-party trails & need for strong traditional enforcement

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 4

@mateusamaciel.bsky.social presents “Digital Highways to Development” @taxobservatory.bsky.social @fundacioieb.bsky.social WS Using Brazil’s staggered 3G/4G rollout, he shows that better mobile internet boosts economic activity—and local tax revenues. Infrastructure as a path out of the poverty trap

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 4

#JohanneSøndergaard presents “Tax Evasion and Enforcement in a Digital Economy” at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social @fundacioieb.bsky.social Audit data from Denmark shows SMEs underreport mobile transfers. Third-party data raises detection fears—but firms shift flows to spouses instead of complying.

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 4

#PedroCavalcanti presents @taxobservatory.bsky.social - @fundacioieb.bsky.social WS: “Property Taxation and Environmental Management” Decentralizing Brazil’s rural land tax boosted revenues, increased reported protected areas, supported land redistribution—property taxes as tools for sustainability

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 4

with @dforemny.bsky.social ‬@cmtneztt.bsky.social @marionasegu.bsky.social

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 4

#ZhengmingLi is next presenting at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social - @fundacioieb.bsky.social Workshop: “Golden Visas and Real Estate Markets” Spain’s investor visa raised housing prices—non-EU buyers paid €9,228 more near the threshold with spillovers across the market

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 4

2nd day @taxobservatory.bsky.social bservatory.bsky.social‬ - @fundacioieb.bsky.social b.bsky.social�� WS starts w/ @isabelmico.bsky.social ‬with “The Anatomy of the Property Tax Pass-Through in Rental Markets” When property taxes go up rents go up even more Large landlords shift the full burden

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IEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · Jun 3

Day 1 of the Workshop on the Economics of Taxation wraps up!
Co-organised by the IEB and @taxobservatory.bsky.social and hosted at @ubeconomics.bsky.social, this two-day event dives into key issues in #taxation.

📷 Today’s keynote: “#Tax Incidence Anomalies” by Youssef Benzarti (UC Santa Barbara)

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EU Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · Jun 3

A fantastic Day 1 at the Workshop on the Economics of Taxation!

From corporate tax & offshore wealth to inheritance, inequality & tax incidence, researchers & PhD students are diving deep into the big questions.

Co-organised with @fundacioieb.bsky.social!

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 3

you can find the paper here👇https://www.nber.org/papers/w32819

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 3

“Tax Incidence Anomalies” fascinating keynote by Y. Benzarti @taxobservatory.bsky.social [email protected] WS on the #Economics of #Taxation An insightful review of empirical evidence challenging key predictions of canonical tax incidence model—calling for a rethink of long-held assumptions

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 3

Eva Davoine presents at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social - @fundacioieb.bsky.social WS: “The Political Costs of Taxation” Enforcing the salt tax in early modern France led to a 20-fold rise in state–citizen conflict effects lasting until the French Revolution Tax enforcement has deep political costs

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 3

#FCapozza presents at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social - @fundacioieb.bsky.social Workshop: “Who Should Get Money?” The paper elicits the welfare weights Americans assign to others—revealing stronger support for redistribution than current U.S. policies reflect, but weaker than academic norms assume.

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 3

#E_Rubolino presents @taxobservatory.bsky.social [email protected] Workshop: The Market Externalities of Tax Evasion📉Using Italian firm-level data, paper shows evading firms harm their compliant competitors—lowering revenue, productivity, wages Fighting evasion boosts fairness & efficiency.

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 3

@jackbrusco.bsky.social presents at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social - @fundacioieb.bsky.social Workshop “Guess Who’s Evading on Dinner?” A field experiment in Italian restaurants shows producers capture all the gains from #VATevasion no price break for consumers Room for informer-based enforcement

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · Jun 3

#ElisaCasi closes the #TaxAudits session of @taxobservatory.bsky.social - @fundacioieb.bsky.social Workshop with “Lost in Information” 🌍 Global tax transparency works—but only when countries enforce it CRS led to cash repatriation only from havens with strong implementation Digital capacity matters

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