Research
Working papers
'Principles for Pareto efficient border carbon adjustment' (with M. Keen) [pdf] (new paper)
'Tax evasion as contingent debt' (with X. Mateos-Planas) [pdf] (Revise and Resubmit, International Economic Review)
'Evasion, avoidance, and the VAT threshold' (with Gyoshev, Tester, Pavkov) [pdf] (to be resubmitted, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy)
'A network and machine learning approach to detect Value Added Tax fraud' (with A. Angelopoulos, P. Dellaportas. S. Gyoshev, T. Petrov, S. C. Olhede) [pdf] This is a revised version of the paper circulated as 'Detecting anomalies in heterogeneous population-scale VAT networks', TARC 033-21 Working Paper
'E-invoicing, tax audits and tax compliance' (with L. Salvadori, J. Karangkwa, I. Murasi) [pdf]
'Hosts of hostages? Macroprudential policy and inward M&As' (with K. Neanidis) [pdf]
Work in progress
'Audits and tax compliance: Evidence from Uganda' (with D. Hemming, J. Pirttila, L. Salvadori)
'Do SMEs react to tax audits? Evidence from tax administrative data' (with C. Genakos, L. Salvadori)
'On VAT threshold(s)' (with A. Di Nolla and K. Serfes)
'The marginal propensity to consume in a depressed economy: Evidence from a lottery and administrative data' (with P. Sakellaris)
'The Impact of a large recessionary shock on households' consumption and finances' (with P. Sakellaris)
Forthcoming (accepted for publication) paper(s)
'Climate change and the existence of strict Pareto improving multilateral financial transfers' (with A. Woodland) [pdf], 2024, (forthcoming, Oxford Economic Papers)
'Do tax audits have a dynamic impact? Evidence from corporate income tax administrative data' (with L. Salvadori, J. Karangwa and T. Mukamana) [pdf], 2024, (forthcoming, Journal of Development Economics)
Policy comments
The impact of institutions on the shadow economy and corruption: A latent methodology approach (with A. Dreher, and S. McCorriston) in Handbook on the Shadow Economy, 2011, Edward Elgar, pp.433-466
Reforming the Greek income tax structure: Time for a 'flat' tax?, 2012, [pdf] (published in the Greek Economists for Reform blog)
Tax and welfare reform in Greece (with M. Flevotomou, M. Haliassos, and C. Meghir) in Beyond Austerity: Reforming the Greek Economy (edited by C. Meghir, C.Pissarides, D. Vayanos, N. Vettas), 2017, MIT Press [if you would like a copy please email me]
Credibility and economic policy in To Vhma Newspaper, March 29, 2015 (in Greek)
European Union and own revenue resources: (Brief) lessons from decentralized economies in The Future of EU-Finances (edited by T. Buetner and M. Thone) 2016, Mohr Siebeck
European Union: Three directions of reform in To Vhma Newspaper, February 2, 2016. (In Greek)
Efficiency, equity and property taxes in Kathimerini Newspaper, June 7, 2017. (In Greek)
Climate Change and International trade in Kathimerini Newspaper, March 17, 2020. (In Greek)
Support to businesses and households, To Vhma Newspaper, April 12, 2020. (In Greek)
Blog, Some thoughts and a warning, April 24, 2020
Blog, COVID-19 and Africa: The world should take bold actions (TARC Blog), May 2020
VoxDEv, Tax audits and compliance: Evidence from Rwanda, April 15, 2022
Introductions to special issues (guest editorship)
Introduction to the Special Issue 'New Perspectives on Tax Administration', 2020, CESifo Economic Studies 66(3), 2020, 181–184, https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifaa009
Climate change: Fiscal and international trade issues—introduction (with T. Buettner), 2013, International Tax and Public Finance 20, 357-359 [pdf]
International coordination on climate policies: A (brief) introduction (with M. Finus, and S. McCorriston), 2013, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 66, 159-165
The international dimension of climate change policy (with M. Finus, and S. McCorriston), 2013, Environmental and Resource Economics 56, 151-160
Editorship
CESifo Economic Studies, 2016 - present
Journal of Tax Administration (JOTA), 2015 - present
FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, 2018 - present
Published papers
Does federalism lead to excessively high taxes? (with M. Keen), 2002, American Economic Review 92(1), pp. 363-370
On production efficiency in federal systems (with M. Makris), 2002, Economics Letters 76, pp. 281-287
Leviathan and capital tax competition in federations (with M. Keen), 2003, Journal of Public Economic Theory 5(2), pp. 177-199 (lead article)
Tax competition in federations and the welfare consequences of decentralization (with M. Keen), 2004, Journal of Urban Economics 56, pp. 397-407 (lead article)
The origin principle, tax harmonization and public goods (with M-A Lopez-Garcia, and G. Myles), 2005, Economics Letters 87, pp. 211-219
Political uncertainty and policy innovation (with R. Schwager), 2006, Journal of Public Economic Theory 8, pp. 779-805
Federal tax autonomy and the limits of cooperation (with S. Kessing, and K. Konrad), 2006, Journal of Urban Economics 59, pp. 317-329
On the incentives to experiment in federations (with R. Schwager), 2006, Journal of Urban Economics 60, pp. 484-497
Imperfect competition, indirect tax harmonization and public goods (with M-A Lopez-Garcia), 2007, International Tax and Public Finance 14, pp. 135-149
FDI and the dark side of decentralization (with S. Kessing, and K. Konrad), 2007, Economic Policy, pp 5-70 (lead article)
A spatial analysis of provincial corporate income tax responses: Evidence from Canada (with S. Karkalakos), 2007, Canadian Journal of Economics 40, pp. 782-811
Corruption in the 21st century: Evidence from a structural model (with A. Dreher, and S. McCorriston), 2007, Journal of Comparative Economics 35(3), pp. 443-466 (lead article)
Ad valorem taxes and the fiscal gap in federations (with D. Martinez), 2008, Economics Letters 99, pp. 431-434
Accountability and fiscal equalization (with R. Schwager), 2008, Journal of Public Economics 92, pp. 2236/2349
Cross border mergers and acquisitions in the food sector (with N. Herger, and S. McCorriston), 2008, European Review of Agricultural Economics 35(4), pp.563-588
Federalism, weak institutions, and the competition for foreign direct investment (with S. Kessing, and K. Konrad), 2009, International Tax and Public Finance 16(1), pp. 105-123
How do institutions affect corruption and the shadow economy? (with A. Dreher, and S. McCorriston), 2009, International Tax and Public Finance 16(6), pp.773-796 [earlier version]
Federal tax competition and the efficiency consequences for local taxation of revenue equalization, 2010, International Tax and Public Finance 17(1), pp.1-14 (lead article) [earlier version]
Public goods and tax competition in a two-sided market (with K. Serfes), 2010, Journal of Public Economic Theory 12, pp.281-321 [earlier version]
Climate and international trade policies when emissions affect production possibilities (with A. Woodland), 2013, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 66, 166-194 (lead article) [earlier version]
International coordination on climate policies: A (brief) introduction (with M. Finus, and S. McCorriston), 2013, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 66, pp.159-165 [pdf]
Indirect tax harmonization and global public goods (with O. Karakosta, and M-A Lopez-Garcia), 2014, International Tax and Public Finance 21(1), pp.29-49 [earlier version]
The comparison of ad valorem and specific taxation under imperfect information (with K. Serfes), 2014, Journal of Public Economic Theory 16(1), pp.48-68 [earlier version]
Coordinating climate and trade policies: Pareto efficiency and the role of border tax adjustments (with M. Keen), 2014, Journal of International Economics 94, pp.119-128
Multiple taxes and alternative forms of FDI: Evidence from cross-border acquisitions (with N. Herger, S. McCorriston), 2016, International Tax and Public Finance 23, pp.82-113
Optimal performance reward, tax compliance and enforcement (with K. Serfes), 2016, Economic Theory (Bulletin) 4 pp.325-345
Fuel-subsidies and the control of corruption: A first approach (with L. Rizzo) [pdf], in The Economics and the Political Economy of Energy Subsidies (edited by J. Strand), 2016, MIT Press
Information transmission within federal fiscal architectures: Theory and evidence (with A. Dreher, K.Gehring, and S. Marchesi), 2018, Oxford Economic Papers 70, pp.243-265
Fuel-subsidies and decentralisation: Theory and evidence (with L. Rizzo and M. Ferraresi), 2018, Energy Economics 74, pp. 275-286
Self-employment under-reporting in Great Britain: Who and how much? (with A. Gonzalez Cabral and G. Myles), 2019, CESifo Economic Studies 65, pp.84-107, lead article
The 'Great Lockdown' and its determinants (with L. Rizzo, M. Ferraresi and R. Secomandi), 2020, Economics Letters 197 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109628 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176520303888)
A sample size determination for risk based auditing (with P. Dellaportas and V. Ioannidis), 2021, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A 184, pp. 479-493 https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12618
Pareto-improving indirect tax coordination and tax diversity (with M-A Lopez-Garcia), 2021, Oxford Economic Papers 73(2), pp. 561-577 https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpz073
On commodity tax harmonization and public goods provision (with M-A Lopez-Garcia), 2021, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 23, pp. 1220–1227 https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12535
Quasi-hyperbolic discounting and externalities: Can government intervention improve welfare? (with R. Schwager), 2022, Canadian Journal of Economics, 53(3), pp. 1480-1506 https://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12572
'Climate change and the existence of strict Pareto improving multilateral financial transfers' (with A. Woodland), 2023, [pdf] (Forthcoming, Oxford Economic Papers)
'Do tax audits have a dynamic impact? Evidence from corporate income tax administrative data' (with L. Salvadori, J. Karangwa and T. Mukamana) [pdf], 2024, (Journal of Development Economics)
(Electronic (and hard when available) copies of the published work available upon request)
Updated March 2024