Selected Policy & Public Engagement Work

My research relates to the policy interests of governments, international organisations and businesses. I list below some of my collaborations with these institutions and other related activities. 

• Panel discussion, Tax for SDGs Conference, UNDP & Columbia University. November 2023. 

• Co-Editor (joint with Joel Slemrod), Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Taxing the Rich (More). Gathering 16 author teams to contribute to the debate on whether, and how, governments could tax the rich more. 

• An article in The Conversation and the World Economic Forum about energy windfall taxes following the announcement of the Autumn Statement of 2022 (November 2022).

• Panelist, "The Bottom Line with Evan Davis", BBC Radio 4, 29 September 2022. Link to the episode here!

• Letter: "Just look at the evidence of the R&D tax break", Financial Times, 31 May 2021.

• Panelist, Joint IMF/WBG Spring Meetings Conference on Taxation - Minimum and Digital Taxation: Consensus or Divide? Event site here!

• Should Loss Carry-Back Provisions Be Extended? (2021), British Tax Review, Vol.2021, Issue 2, pp.125-126. 

• Consultation with Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on the revision of the R&D incentive system in Japan (January 2021).

• Tax Administration Research Centre Seminar (November 2020). Event site here!

• European Tax Policy Forum -- Tax Foundation event: "The State of Uncertainty: Reflections on BEPS and the OECD’s Two-Pillar Approach" (November 2020). Event site here!

• Panel discussant on the OECD-EU Innovation and Growth Webinar: "The Impact of R&D Tax Incentives: New Evidence and Implications" (October 2020). You can watch the event here!

• In Conversation with the International Fiscal Association on the role of incentives in the post-Covid era; Women in International Tax, 'in Conversation' series (July 2020).

• "Discretionary Fiscal Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic", presentation for the European Commission TAXUD (June 2020). 

• EconPol Lunch Debate on R&D Tax Credits -- you can watch the broadcast here.

• "The OECD Global Anti-Base Erosion Proposal", with Michael Devereux, Francois Bares, Sarah Clifford, Judith Freedman, Martin McCarthy, Martin Simmler and John Vella (2020). Access the report here. 

• "R&D Tax Incentives" (November 2019). Guest speaker, FTI Consulting Life Sciences Annual Client Event.

• EconPol Discussion on Supporting Firm Innovation and R&D (November 2019). Watch the video here.  

• TV Discussion on TRT World Roundtable (2019) -- you can watch the broadcast here: "Taxing the Rich: Solving the World's Economic Problems" 

• "Investment Tax Incentives: Case Studies from Poland, Hungary and Latvia" (2019), The World Bank. 

• "Fiscal Incentives for Science, Technology and Innovation Activities: Good Practice Review Report" (2017), The World Bank.

• "R&D Tax Credits" (2016), European Tax Policy Forum policy paper.

• "Can ‘the Good Law’ get better? An impact study of: Isencao Fiscal em Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento ‘the Good Law’", with Michael Devereux (2015), report commissioned by Brazil's Ministry of Finance.

• "Tax incentives for research and development", with Paulo Correa (2013, World Bank report).

• "Vergi İndirimlerinin Özel Sektör Ar-Ge Stratejisi'ndeki Rolü" (in Turkish), with Melih Ahmet Karaman (2013), report for the Turkish Ministry of Science, Technology and Industry.

• "Research and Innovation for Smart Specialization Strategy: concept, implementation challenges and implications", with Paulo Correa (2013, World Bank report).

• "Intellectual property rights and high-growth firms in the UK", with Christian Helmers, Georg von Graevenitz, Christine Greenhalgh and Philipp Schautschick (2013, Report for the UK Intellectual Property Office 2013/27).

• "Trends in UK BERD after the Introduction of R&D Tax Credits", with Steve Bond (2012, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation Working Paper 12/01).

• "Public Expenditure Review in Science, Technology and Innovation for Russian Federation: Policy Evaluation and Effectiveness Assessment Methodology Note" (background paper for the project proposal, 2015, The World Bank)

• "Romania Western Region Research and Technological Development Ecosystem" (background paper for the Romania Western Region Competitiveness Enhancement and Smart Specialization project, 2013, The World Bank).

Blog posts: 

Should Loss Carry-Back Provisions Be Extended?, 5 March 2021.

The Chancellor's Summer Economic Statement, 13 July 2020.

The Impact of Pillar II on Incentives, 3 March 2020. 

Does the Tax System Offer an Effective Tool to Support Innovation and R&D?, 30 April 2019.