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Ron Davies

@ronbdavies.bsky.social
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Husband, dad, metal head, economist.

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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Final keynote at #IIPF2026 : @kclausing.bsky.social on "Evaluating Trump's Tariffs by Tax Policy Criteria"; chair: @ronbdavies.bsky.social (by far not the last event in the program; more working sessions to follow + IIPF and @itaxjournal.bsky.social awards to be announed at closing dinner)
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 24/07/2026
In celebration of "How to Win a Trade War" being available on Kindle for 99p today, have a song I wrote, called "The UK's trade identity crisis" Kindle deal link here: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Skatteforsk is seeking up to two Postdocs in Empirical Public Economics. These are full-time, three-year positions. Looking for topics like tax evasion, the real effects of evasion, and the effectiveness of enforcement. Great opportunity. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral fellow within Empirical Public Economics (299839) | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Job title: Postdoctoral fellow within Empirical Public Economics (299839), Employer: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Deadline: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 08/04/2026
"For every additional dollar of windfall profit, approximately $0.20 is booked in tax havens. This diversion intensifies during commodity booms." Noteworthy in light of <gestures broadly at the world> taxobservatory.world/publication/...
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National Tax Association @natltax.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The Call for Papers for the 119th Annual Conference on Taxation is now open! You are invited to submit the following: 🔸 Individual papers to be integrated into sessions.  🔸 Complete sessions of papers (suggestions of groupings).  🔸 Panel discussions (not based on research papers).
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Do you like Economics? Do you like outer space? Do you wish someone would talk about both at the same time? Look no further: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4lM...
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Capitalism Has Left the Planet
YouTube video by Econ Unpacked
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/02/2026
🆕Confronting Wealth Inequality in Ireland - New report from @oxfamireland.bsky.social and the Nevin Economic Research Institute - NERI makes the case for a tax on extreme wealth in Ireland and urges a principled stance on #GlobalTaxJustice. 👉Read it here: bit.ly/4reS6TZ
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Confronting Wealth Inequality in Ireland Report
This report outlines the economic, social and democratic case for a tax on extreme wealth, alongside the need for Ireland to take a principled position in international negotiations on global tax justice.
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
@stephenbrodsky.bsky.social never ceases to amaze me. The man has so many different musical faces. On the new EP, Ferret in particular knocks me flat.
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public-econ-ie.bsky.social @public-econ-ie.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We're inviting submissions for the 3rd Irish Public Economics Workshop which will take place on August 27-28 2026 in Dublin with a keynote lecture by Prof. James R. Hines Jr. (@umich.edu) Call for papers👇 and submission details at publiceconomics.ie/submit
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 04/02/2026
Brilliant response from the Africa Union to the complaint that the implementing #UNtaxConvention 's commitment to fair taxing rights between countries would require renegotiating 3000 treaties. Everything you need to know about the negotiations: taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This lineup is just mind-blowing.
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ArcTanGent @atgfestival.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT! We’re stoked to reveal another wave of artists for ATG 2026! 💥 Please welcome Eivør, NOTHING, Master Boot Record, the long‑awaited return of Arcane Roots after 7+ years, plus many more. 🎫 Final tickets ON SALE NOW ⚠️ 4‑Day Tickets nearly gone. www.arctangent.co.uk
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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
✨ Starting 2026 with a new opportunity! UNU-WIDER is hiring a Data Scientist for the #SATIED programme in Pretoria 🇿🇦. Work with administrative tax data to support evidence-based policy and inclusive development. 👉 Apply here: go.unu.edu/Z5KSu
Graphic that shares a vacancy announcement for a Data Scientist (PSA), SA-TIED programme. The vacancy is based in Pretoria, South Africa. Application deadline is 9 February.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles. Absolutely vile.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/12/2025
Today we're announcing a new joint initiative, Admin Data for Tax Justice, aimed at strengthening global collaborations around administrative tax data. Our new website provides the first systematic database of academic and policy research using this data. taxjustice.net/2025/12/11/a...
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Admin Data for Tax Justice: A New Global Initiative Advancing the Use of Administrative Data for Tax Research - Tax Justice Network
Over the past decade, the use of administrative tax data has somewhat quietly transformed academic research on tax abuse, compliance, and enforcement. These datasets—corporate tax returns, country by ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/11/2025
Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund
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Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund
Carmaker’s seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meeting * Business live – latest updates Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has said it will vote against a $1tn (£765bn) pay package for the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk. The fund, which is the biggest national wealth fund in the world, said that while it appreciated the “the significant value created under Mr Musk’s visionary role” it would vote against his performance award. Continue reading...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 30/10/2025
It's that time of year again... #EconSky
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A bit of promo for my upcoming talk on Space Economics (which I REALLY hope people start calling Astronomics)! @ucddublin.bsky.social @skatteforsk.bsky.social @rethink-gsc.bsky.social www.kaakaa.no/artikler/bef...
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Before we go to “infinity and beyond”  — KÅKÅ.no
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Looking forward to participating in this one: www.kaakaa.no/program/spac...
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Spaceonomics: Grunnrenteskatt i verdensrommet? / Resource Rent Tax in Outer Space? — KÅKÅ.no
Ron Davies, Henrik Jorem, Vincent Seffinga Ordstyrer: Annette Alstadsæter
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Nora Strecker @streckernm.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The day after Budget Day 2026 started with an interview with BBC NI’s Good Morning Ulster and will end with a UCD Econ alumni & staff reunion at @isweconomics.bsky.social’s post-budget analysis tonight @mueconomics.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie. #economicsfun @ucddublin.bsky.social
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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 01/10/2025
Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u... Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I was very pleased to be part of this project!
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀! Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience. 📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7... #SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social
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Rethinking Global Supply Chains | Complexity matters
YouTube video by Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Missed last week’s RETHINK-GSC conference on the future of global supply chains? 🌍 🎥 The full recording is now online — watch insights from our researchers & policy leaders. 🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin...
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Rethinking global supply chains: insights for a changing world
What insights can we gain into the structure and dynamics of global supply chains?
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Peter Eibich @peibich.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We're hiring a Full Professor of Economics - below you can now see the ad on our website! @univdauphine.bsky.social leda.dauphine.fr/fr/recruteme...
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Full Professor position in Economics | Laboratoire d’Économie de Dauphine (LEDa)
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Our fearless leader Holger Görg explains why policies that ignore global supply chains don’t have a leg to stand on. @rethink-gsc.bsky.social
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Yoto V. Yotov @yotoyotov.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
If you teach an undergrad international trade course and want some hands-on experience with real data & Stata or R, consider my “Gravity for Undergrads” Chapter. It may be useful in econometrics, undergrad seminars, and undergrad theses. Gravity Rules 💪 yotoyotov.com/Gravity_Unde...
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📢 RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference 📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains. Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience. 🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC
Graphic with event details: ‘RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference – 18 September 2025, Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, Brussels & online’. Includes Bruegel logo and RETHINK-GSC design elements.
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
📙 Read the paper here: rethink-gsc.eu/knowledge-jo... 🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Even short-term shocks can reshape supply chains. 🚢 New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience. Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🚢 Klimaschocks hinterlassen Spuren! Unsere Forschung zeigt, dass das Niedrigwasser 2018 Unternehmen in Deutschland dauerhaft von der Binnenschifffahrt auf Schiene & Straße umsteigen ließ. 📰 Der Spiegel berichtet über @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.socials Studie👇 #Lieferketten #Resilienz #Klimawandel
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Johannes Scheuerer presenting work with Annette Alstadsaeter and @jakobbrounstein.bsky.social on tax evasion penalty rates. @skatteforsk.bsky.social
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/08/2025
Thou shalt not use tariffs to tax working class Americans and then pretend the money is being paid by foreign countries.
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Matt Collin @mattcollin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Very happy to see my work with Annette Alstadsæter & @andokl.bsky.social on using leaked data for academic research out in early access for @itaxjournal.bsky.social, link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Safely opening Pandora’s box: a guide for researchers working with leaked data - International Tax and Public Finance
The use of leaked data is becoming increasingly common in empirical research, particularly in public finance. Although these data can be an enormously powerful tool for investigating behavior that is ...
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Spot on discussion by @ricardohausmann.bsky.social. Econ teaches us that the answer is typically "somewhere in the middle". But what we choose to publish in top journals sacrifices innovation for identification and that's a mistake that will cost the field. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
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Are Economists Architects or Auditors?
Ricardo Hausmann laments how the field’s appetite for imaginative problem-solving has given way to narrow, testable hypotheses.
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Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
On the @taxjustice.net podcast the #Taxcast, I spoke to @4taxfairness.bsky.social on how undocumented immigrants in the US are paying a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega-corporations & several billionaires. And how unwise the US is to be persecuting them the way they are
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#156 Immigrants, tax and bullying in the USA - Tax Justice Network podcasts
Μonthly podcast show sizzling with the latest developments in the corrupt world of tax havens, financial secrecy and tax dodging.
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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Open position⚠️ Come join us in Zurich as a pre-doc/research assistant in a diverse team working on a number of research projects on public finance, political economy and social wellbeing in Tanzania, DRC, Ecuador and Chile. Applications here: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/pre-...
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
For the moment...
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 29/07/2025
White House confirms 15% tariff rate will include pharma and semiconductors
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White House confirms 15% tariff rate will include pharma and semiconductors
Both sides working on a joint statement, but EU cautions it amounts only to a ‘political agreement’ and will not be legally binding
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
@nixonsimon.bsky.social lays out in a few sentences why Europe has been so tame in the trade war. Generous reading is that Europeans worried too much for Ukraine. Ungenerous reading is EU politicians were weak.
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Now consider all the universities without the endowment to pay such a bribe. Shame on Columbia; you’re showing a disgusting mix of cowardice and privilege.
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Proudly grown and baked in the USA… as part of a global supply chain and owned by a multinational. Don’t buy the hype.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
We intentionally did not put Rosie in the headline because this is not about Rosie O’Donnell it’s about everyone
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
“The importance of trade in services between the US and the EU unfortunately only plays a minor role in the trade talks between the two countries, otherwise this would give the EU considerable negotiating power.” New Kiel Policy Brief by Holger Görg, RETHINK_GSC's project head, and colleagues! 👇
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Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · 10/07/2025
Trade in services between 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇸 is largely neglected in current trade talks—despite matching goods trade in scale. From 2014–2024, the US ran a consistent services surplus, partially compensating its goods deficit. Ignoring this weakens the EU's negotiating position, warns a new Kiel Policy Brief 👇
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Trade talks EU – US: Trade in services should be taken into account
Trade in services is being largely neglected in the discussion on trade relations between the EU and the US, criticizes a recent Kiel Policy Brief. Yet trade in services is on a similar scale to trade...
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International Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
1/ How do MNEs shift profits to tax havens & who’s doing most of it? Using #German administrative data, authors show: 🔹 Profit shifting rises sharply with firm size 🔹 €19bn shifted in 2022 alone 🔹 95% of that by firms covered by the Global Minimum Tax 👉 www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/...
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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
When university education is free, students treat it as something with zero value. When cash is on the line - especially their own, not Mom & Dad’s - they squeeze every drop from it. Fees provide more than just much-needed revenue, they provide motivation.
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚀 More patents = more jobs — but only when innovation is diverse & connected. Our new RETHINK-GSC study shows: doubling patenting boosts jobs by 6%, but over-concentration in a few fields slows growth. 👉Smart, inclusive R&D policy is key. #Innovation #Jobs #STEM #EUresearch #RETHINKGSC
A picture of the publication cover in the RETHINK-GSC design, featuring an image of women working in a laboratory.
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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
📣 New publication! "Multinational Network, Innovation and the Growth of Employment" MNEs = more innovation and more jobs. Study finds global firms are better at turning patents into employment. Local R&D → global ripple effect. Time to rethink how we support innovation? 💡🌍 #innovation #jobs #MNEs
Cover of the publication “Multinational Network, Innovation and the Growth of Employment,” featuring a skyscraper image and designed in the RETHINK-GSC visual style.
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