Just days before she was appointed as the Biden-administration head of Office for Tax Analysis at the US Treasury, a conversation between Kimberly Clausing and Alex Cobham and our hosts Peter Ringstad and Ingrid Hjertaker about the art of estimating profit shifting to tax havens, and a plan for pragmatic tax reform for the US.
Papers discussed in this interview:
- Kimberly Clausing: Five Lessons on Profit Shifting from the U.S. Country by Country Data
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3736287- The State of Tax Justice 2020:
https://www.taxjustice.net/reports/the-state-of-tax-justice-2020/Guests:
- Kimberly Clausing, Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Treasury; Economist and Professor.
- Alex Cobham, Chief Executive Director, Tax Justice Network, Economist
Hosts:
- Peter Ringstad, advisor at Tax Justice Network - Norway
- Ingrid Hjertaker, PhD at Høyskolen Innlandet, researching central bank policies
Production and music: Kristoffer Lislegaard