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Shafik Hebous

@shafikhebous.bsky.social
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Deputy Division Chief at the IMF. Board Member at the IIPF, CESifo Research Fellow. Previously Assistant Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt. Public finance and economic policy—theoretically, empirically, and in practice.

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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
IIPF Board of Management - results from members’ votes, 📣 at #IIPF2026 congress: Welcome new officers! @ronbdavies.bsky.social (VP) @iremguceri.bsky.social Jarkko Harju @shafikhebous.bsky.social @oyebolaoo.bsky.social 2nd term: Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato President (from 08/27): Nadine Riedel
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
🆕 Why taxing mobile money can backfire Today on VoxDev, Michael Barczay (IMF), Shafik Hebous, Fayçal Sawadogo & Jean François Wen discuss how mobile money taxes create sizeable efficiency losses, which fall disproportionately on unbanked and rural users: ow.ly/xWVY50Y8Fn1
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Why taxing mobile money can backfire
Mobile money taxes raise transaction costs and reduce usage, creating sizable efficiency losses – the burden falls disproportionately on unbanked and rural users.
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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Our #IIPF2025 congress in Nairobi now being over, IIPF President James Hines and scientific committee chairs @fgerard.bsky.social @shafikhebous.bsky.social are happy to introduce two award winners: 1/2: 2025 IIPF Young Economists Award went to Laura Montenbruck (Stockholm Uni). Congratulations!
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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Our #IIPF2025 congress in Nairobi now over, IIPF President James Hines and scientific committee chairs @fgerard.bsky.social @shafikhebous.bsky.social are happy to introduce two award winners: 2/2: 2025 IIPF Peggy+Richard Musgrave Prize winner @cmtneztt.bsky.social + co-authors. Congratulations!
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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Our 81st annual congress took off! 🚀 Welcome 300 participants at USIU in Nairobi, Kenya! Introductions by IIPF President Jim Hines, Scientific Chairs @fgerard.bsky.social @shafikhebous.bsky.social, Local Organizers Amos Njuguna (USIU/NIERA) and @DinaPomeranz. Thanks for making this event happen!
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Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE @safefrankfurt.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Together with @goetheuni.bsky.social, the Government of Japan and the International Monetary Fund, we invite you to a workshop on "Digital Money and Taxation". 📅7 March 2025 📍House of Finance 👉 Registrations: safe-frankfurt.de/news-media/e... #digitalmoney #Finance #Workshop
Invitation to the Workshop on "Digital Money and Taxation" on 7 March at the House of Finance in Frankfurt, Organizers: Shafik Hebous and Alfons Weichenrieder
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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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