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Kristoffer Berg

@kristoberg.bsky.social
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Lecturer & Fellow in Economics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Research and writing on tax policy. sites.google.com/view/kristofferberg

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026
Last day of BÆM 2026. We conclude with a workshop on "Fairness in the Economy." We again have a jam-packed program of great presentations: www.baem.info/Program_FIE_... Stay tuned for live coverage!
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
My working paper Taxing Corporate or Shareholder Income is now available as a @cesifo.org Working Paper. All comments welcome! www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I write in @theguardian.com on why a VAT rise in the UK may be quite progressive and may hurt growth less than other taxes would www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Raising VAT rates would let Rachel Reeves fill budget black hole and enable growth | Letters
Letters: Kristoffer Berg says VAT can be progressive, while Anthony Seaton suggests making use of MOT data to tax cars
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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Just released: great program for the upcoming #IIPF2025 congress at USIU in Nairobi, Kenya: keynotes, panel discussions, mentoring, >60 sessions... not to forget social program! 🤩 Details at www.conftool.pro/iipf2025/sessions.php Registration still possible until August 2. See you there! #EconSky
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Jeg skriver i @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social om smarte og mindre smarte rabatter i formuesskatten www.dn.no/innlegg/form...
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Formuesskatten: Hva skal vi med rabatter?
Investering i eiendom er sannsynligvis mindre påvirket av formuesskatt enn investeringer i bedrifter. Dermed er det et faglig argument for høyere formuesskatt på eiendom enn på andre typer formue.
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I write in the @financialtimes.com on why increasing VAT is the least bad option facing the UK government on.ft.com/45HTlmO
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Letter: Why increasing VAT is the least bad option facing Reeves
From Kristoffer Berg, Lecturer and Fellow at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I wrote the feature for this weekend's FT Money section on how our tax system got into such a mess. It's up online now: www.ft.com/content/f08b...
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How the UK tax code got in such a mess
Near-constant political tinkering means we have by far the most complex tax legislation in the world
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Jeg skriver i @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social: ved å ta skjermingsfradraget fra aksjonærene og gi det til selskapene, kan investeringene gå opp. www.dn.no/innlegg/skat...
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Debatt: Gi skjermingsfradraget til selskapene, ikke aksjonærene
Ved å ta skjermingsfradraget fra aksjonærene og gi det til selskapene, kan investeringene gå opp.
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Looking forward to visiting @kingsqpe.bsky.social this Wednesday
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Fine ord til minne om Aanund Hylland klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...
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Samfunnsviter og valgekspert
Aanund Hylland (1949–2025)
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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Rather than using a favorite tool on whatever passing by, @s-stantcheva.bsky.social "brings a rare mix of rigorous theory, superb data, and empirical methods" to deepen our understanding of public economics. That's impressive and shows commitment. Congratulations! www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
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Tøv fra Toje. Igjen.
Les innlegget.
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Is the Digital Services Tax a tariff? by Mike Devereux oxfordtax.sbs.ox.ac.uk/article/digi...
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Is the Digital Services Tax a tariff?
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thanks to @cesifo.org for another great Public Economics conference with lively tax discussions. I enjoyed presenting new work with @georgthunecke.bsky.social on fair and efficient division of profit tax revenues across countries with an application to optimal formula apportionment in the EU.
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
aftenposten.no
Første leder av Oljefondet: Handlingsregelen gikk ut på dato for ti år siden
Les kronikken.
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Mari Rege @marirege.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Opprop! Vi er 47 samfunnsøkonomer som tar til orde for en kraftig økning av Norges støtte til Ukraina. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
aftenposten.no
Handlingsregelen må ikke stå i veien for en kraftig økning av Norges støtte til Ukraina
Ved å gi Ukraina det landet trenger, gjør vi nettopp det handlingsregelen var ment å gjøre.
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Pascal @pascallth.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Slava Ukraini
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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
#IIPF2025 submission deadline has been extended to February 22 - more time for your ideas to brew and for the undecided to reconsider joining us! ⏰ #EconSky #EconConf We look forward to seeing you in Nairobi! Scientific Chairs: @shafikhebous.bsky.social @fgerard.bsky.social + 35 committee members
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Jeg skriver i @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social om hvordan andre land bør svare på Trumps skatte- og klimapolitikk www.dn.no/innlegg/skat...
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Debatt: Trenger robust skattepolitikk som svar til Trump
Skatte- og klimapolitikken bør rustes bedre mot sammenbrudd i globalt samarbeid. Bedriftsbeskatning der salget skjer kan være en del av en slik strategi.
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“Young people are hanging out less” from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and great response letter on Hume: “His spirits and physical health were greatly revived by a regular supper of “stovies”, washed down by a daily pint of claret as prescribed by his physician.” (on.ft.com/4alCXIC and on.ft.com/4hlCetL)
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Young people are hanging out less — it may be harming their mental health
Could the decline of face-to-face interaction tie together several modern mysteries?
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Frikk Nesje @frikknesje.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality" (joint with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social) is now out as a working paper! We study all theories of justice that disentangle intergenerational discounting and intergenerational inequality, and I am amazed by the results! www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
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Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality
We study all theories of justice that disentangle ethical views on intergenerational discounting and intergenerational inequality. Each “modular” social welfare function is uniquely identified by a ti...
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Looking for a post-doc on taxation? We at @skatteforsk.bsky.social are hiring a post-doc! This is of potential interest to the @iipf.bsky.social crowd. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested -- still working on building up the Blue Sky network. Details 👇 bit.ly/SkattPostdoc
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Interested in exploring tax evasion, avoidance, and enforcement? Then apply for a Postdoctoral position at Skatteforsk | NMBU
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Should the tax system treat people who are similarly situated equally? In 2017 I wrote an @lsephilosophy.bsky.social dissertation arguing that the basis for equal treatment in tax is weaker than we might think. The paper is now available in the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics
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Why Taxes Need Not Treat Equals Equally | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My paper on the relationship between inequality aversion and non-discrimination has just been published in Economica onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... The main result is that inequality aversion in tax policy is overestimated when horizontal equity is ignored.
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Revealing inequality aversion from tax policy and the role of non‐discrimination
Governments have increasing access to individual information, but they exploit little of it when setting taxes. This paper shows how to reveal inequality aversion from observed tax policy choices of ....
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Submit your public finance papers to the next year’s @iipf.bsky.social conference! As a member of the scientific committee, I would love to see some nice optimal tax papers.
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Knut Einar Rosendahl @rosendahlke.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Kabelkutt er sløsing Bra kommentar av Gunnar Eskeland www.dn.no/innlegg/kraf...
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Debatt: Kabelkutt er sløsing
Debatten om kabelkutting kan koste oss veldig mye.
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Moritz Drupp @moritzdrupp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Thrilled to see “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out in the Journal of Economic Literature @aeajournals.bsky.social, joint review with U.Kornek, J.Meya & L.Sager Environmental loss & economic inequality are two key challenges of our time, but how do both relate & interact?
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Paolo G. Piacquadio @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Last NE&EP webinar of this term! Tomorrow 9th at 5pm Paris time (11am EST). Jake Nebel (Princeton) will present: "Welfare Reflections: On Duality Conditions for Social Welfare Evaluation." To register, email us (see sites.google.com/view/normati...)! We very much look forward!
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Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
So my hypothesis is that liberalism failed because it came to power and it did not adjust to this new reality. It became too dominant and not sufficiently self-critical. Let me explain this point using the US case, though I believe the story is similar in many other parts of the world...
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I enjoy a job with a good book budget
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Taxing at exit? With the increases in capital gains tax rates in the UK budget, I was surprised that there were no changes to exit taxation. This could treat stayers and leavers more equally. Before the budget, I described what the UK can learn from the Norwegian experience on.ft.com/3ZSDHSo
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Letter: Norwegian CGT — should I stay or should I go
From Kristoffer Berg, Lecturer and Fellow at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · 14/11/2024
I created a Public Econ (broadly defined) starter pack (I didn't see one - let me know if I'm wrong), starting from those I am following, or who are following me. I missed a lot. Please reply below this tweet and tag yourselves #econsky #publiceconomics #econ go.bsky.app/EcFdNWG
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Øystein Hernæs @oysteinhernaes.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Made a starter pack on Economists (and related) in Norway: go.bsky.app/SaEqpCs Let me know if you want to be added to the list. Inspired by @jansauermann.bsky.social and @hhsievertsen.bsky.social with the Swedish and Danish lists and the thread by @ginapieters.bsky.social #EconSky 📉📈
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Kevin Spiritus @kevinspiritus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I created a starter pack focused on the economics of taxation. I'm unsure if I can grant editing access, but please feel free to suggest any additions! go.bsky.app/QmnUAzv
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Kristoffer Berg @kristoberg.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
How much priority should society give to those with greater needs? What are implications for inequality measurement and redistribution? Check out the new working paper by Morten Håvarstein, @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social and me “Equity and Efficiency When Needs Differ” www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
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Equity and Efficiency When Needs Differ
There is no consensus on how to measure social welfare and inequality when households have different needs. As we show, a dilemma emerges between holding households responsible for their needs or comp...
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Brian Albrecht @briancalbrecht.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I'm in the FT talking tariffs 👇
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IIES, Stockholm University @iies.su.se · 20/11/2024
Introducing our #EconJMC @agnetaberge.bsky.social. In her #EconJMP “Two-tier collective wage bargaining in a frictional labor market” she develops a general equilibrium model of two-tier bargaining, where central negotiations are supplemented with local adjustments bit.ly/4eUBDgR #econsky 1/6
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Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
One of the perks of waking up early to open the Library: seeing the Wren drenched in gold. ☀️
Wren Library in early morning sunshine.
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