New working paper 🚀

Inequalities in exposure to environmental risks – flooding and subsidence – are high and vary across home ownership status in France (owner-occupants, and owners of rental, second, or vacant homes) [🧵1/6] New study by Thomas Bézy 🔗 wid.world/news-article...

Pour que les Français acceptent la nécessaire consolidation des finances publiques, il faut que la charge en soit équitablement répartie. Ma tribune @lemonde avec O. Blanchard et G. Zucman. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Olivier Blanchard, Jean Pisani-Ferry et Gabriel Zucman : « Nous partageons le constat qu’un impôt plancher sur les grandes fortunes est le plus efficace face à l’inégalité fiscale »

New WP w/@thomaspiketty.bsky.social ! We build a database of World Historical BoP (wbop.world) and study +200 years of economic transactions Key takeaway: power plays a key role in global imbalances. Collective rules are needed to correct them. Check this thread 👇

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social [A thread 1/8🧵]

Congratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (@s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...

Just finished teaching a class on taxation in the Economics and Public Policy master's at @sciencespo.bsky.social. My slides, heavily inspired by courses by Charles Brendon, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and Emmanuel Saez, are here: 👉 wouterleenders.eu/KAFP3355/06_... Feedback very welcome!

Why are we not doing more to fight climate change? New study surveys 40k people in 20 countries to understand 1/ what drives support/opposition to important climate policies 2/ how much people know about climate change & 3/ how info can change perceptions socialeconomicslab.org/internationa...

Really happy to see the paper finally out! 🥳 Stay tuned to @s-stantcheva.bsky.social thread on the results! In addition to the paper, I've also developed tools to explore the survey data and help people better understand global perceptions of climate change and support for climate policies🌱 1/5🧵

Super excited to see our paper on attitudes towards climate change out in the @aeajournals.bsky.social American Economic Review today! So much more work to do on this pressing issue--data is publicly available! Short summary thread coming!

Victoire historique : La loi pour taxer les milliardaires a été adoptée par l’Assemblée Nationale après d’intenses débats. C’est un pas de géant pour la France et cela pourrait inspirer d’autres pays. Une immense avancée !

Cela semble absurde, et j’ai été choqué la première fois que je l’ai compris, mais la France – il n'y a pas d'autre mot – est bien un paradis fiscal pour milliardaire Explications détaillées 🧵

Thrilled to see our paper published! Huge thanks to @aeajournals.bsky.social and everyone who supported this work! I'm immensely grateful to my amazing co-authors (especially @s-stantcheva.bsky.social and @adrien-fabre.bsky.social who are around here) 🥳 🥳

Face a l’arrivée de Trump, il y a urgence à repenser les relations économiques internationales. Sereinement, mais radicalement. 🧵

Happy new year! 2024 was a transformative year for our EU Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social Here’s an overview of the research we published last year. All papers and databases are available online on taxobservatory.eu 🧵

You can also interactively browse the data here: bluebery-planterose.com/fighting-cli...

🚨🔢 New data alert! If you are curious about people's attitudes towards climate change and related policies, check out this large-scale survey data from 20 countries from our paper. Publicly available with codes here socialeconomicslab.org/research/pub... 🚨🔢

Allez, moi aussi je vais faire mon calendrier de l’avent, avec rattrapage pour les 3 premiers jours. Les livres d’économie qu’il faut avoir lu et garder dans sa bibliotheque.

Today is my last day at the @taxobservatory.bsky.social at the Paris School of Economics. Merci, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and everyone else, for having me, making me feel welcome, and many great conversations about research, life, and everything else!

The EU Tax Observatory is hiring a general manager Come work with our wonderful team of researchers, policy and communication experts—and develop this wonderful institution, working closely with me on a day-to-day basis Details 👇👇👇 www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/job-oppor...

Zero-sum thinking is a key mindset that shapes how we view the world. A little thread to highlight our work on its roots with @sahilchinoy.bsky.social, @nathannunn.bsky.social, Sandra Sequeira.🧵1/23 scholar.harvard.edu/files/stantc...

📢 Join us for our next #LunchSeminar with @arthurgzouic.bsky.social ( @cnrs.bsky.social, @pse.bsky.social ) discussing: "Taxing Wealth in the Presence of Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from France". 🗓️ Nov 29 | 12-1 PM CET 📍@pse.bsky.social & online 👉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🚨 Tax evasion is not a law of nature. It is a policy choice. Last year, we published our first Global #TaxEvasionReport, an unprecedented research collaboration investigating the successes and failures of the fight against tax evasion over the last decade. 📄 www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/...

For more France-related content: go.bsky.app/RhQLT3S Share & let me know who I should add :)

Be brave and impose minimum tax on world’s billionaires, urges Spanish minister

Since my employer EU Tax Obsevatory isn't here yet, reposting: Join our webinar thursday on the updated #AtlasoftheOffshoreWorld! 🔹Get to know the Atlas & access its datasets 🔹Learn how it informs global tax reform debates 🔹Hear from dataset coordinators on their latest updates t.co/XMgPhz9jf0

Today we're launching EU Tax Observatory's biggest project to date: The Atlas of the Offshore World An interactive, downloadable database on offshore wealth, profit shifting and effective tax rates Most of this is brand new data atlas-offshore.world

Proud to have contributed to this incredible report on current issues in international tax www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/...

Hello Bluesky! Not quite as ambitious as @EvaDavoine and @WouterLeenders 72h train trip (documented on the other site 😉), but onboard for a 36h trip from Paris to Oslo

Updated cover 😎 Publication on October 23 – can't wait!