Welcome! I work on macro-fiscal and tax policy across countries of all income levels, advising governments through surveillance, programs, and capacity development. My research focuses on public economics, international trade, and corporate finance.
Welcome! I work on macro-fiscal and tax policy across countries of all income levels, advising governments through surveillance, programs, and capacity development. My research focuses on public economics, international trade, and corporate finance.
Latest Work:
"Shaping Services Trade: The Heterogeneous Effects of Withholding Taxes"
IMF Working Paper 2025/214, October 2025
(joint with Alexander Klemm and Parijat Lal)
" Tax Expenditures in Sub-Saharan Africa"
IMF Departmental Paper 2025/006, October 2025
(joint with Todd Schneider, Sandhya Garimella, Simon Naitram, Can Sever, Felix Simione, Irena Jankulov Suljagic and Qianqian Zhang)
Emails: lliu@imf.org; li.liu.econ@gmail.com
Please find a copy of my CV here.