Wednesday 29 March
- Speaker: Professor Marko Köthenbürger, ETH Zurich
- Title: Tax responses in local public finance: the flypaper effect at work (with Gabriel Loumeau)
- Time: 2.45pm - 4pm (GMT)
- Venue: 3 East 2.2
Transfer elasticities of income tax rates are key parameters in public finance. Given the significant fiscal autonomy of Swiss municipalities, Switzerland is an ideal environment for examining behavioral responses in tax policy. Using a Regression Kink Design, we find robust causal evidence that transfers have a positive local average treatment effect on municipal expenditures, while leaving the income tax rate (and other tax rates) unchanged. Thus, ‘money sticks where it hits’, providing comprehensive support for the flypaper effect, including income tax responses.
Wednesday 26 April
- Speaker: Professor Simon Burgess, University of Bristol
- Title: To be announced
- Time: 2.45pm - 4pm (GMT)
- Venue: 3 East 2.2
Wednesday 10 May
- Speaker: Professor Paola Manzini, University of Bristol
- Title: To be announced
- Time: 2.45pm - 4pm (GMT)
- Venue: 3 East 2.2
Wednesday 17 May
- Speaker: Professor Fabrizio Mazzona, Universita della Swizzera Italiana
- Title: To be announced
- Time: 2.45pm - 4pm (GMT)
- Venue: 3 East 2.2
Wednesday 24 May
- Speaker: Dr Natalia Montinari, Universita della Swizzera Italiana
- Title: To be announced
- Time: 2.45pm - 4pm (GMT)
- Venue: 3 East 2.2
Wednesday 31 May
- Speaker: Professor Guilherme Carmona, University of Surrey
- Title: To be announced
- Time: 2.45pm - 4pm (GMT)
- Venue: 3 East 2.2
Wednesday 7 June
- Speaker: Professor Klaus Prettner, Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Title: To be announced
- Time: 2.45pm - 4pm (GMT)
- Venue: 3 East 2.2