Gabriel Zucman

Gabriel Zucman
Zucman in 2013
Born (1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 38)
Paris, France
EducationÉcole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (BSc)
Paris School of Economics (MSc, PhD)
SpouseClaire Montialoux
Academic career
FieldPublic economics
InstitutionsParis School of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
London School of Economics
EU Tax Observatory
Doctoral
advisor		Thomas Piketty
ContributionsTax avoidance
Base erosion and profit shifting
Tax havens
AwardsBest Young Economist of France (2018)
John Bates Clark Medal (2023)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
WebsiteGabriel Zucman

Gabriel Zucman (born 30 October 1986) is a French economist who is currently an associate professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley‘s Goldman School of Public Policy,[1][2] Chaired Professor at the Paris School of Economics,[3] and Director of the EU Tax Observatory.[4]

Zucman is a major proponent of the idea behind the current push for a global wealth tax on centimillionaires and richer still high-net-worth individuals .[5][6]

The author of The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens (2015), Zucman is known for his research on tax havens and corporate tax havens.[7][8][9]

Zucman's research has found that the leading corporate tax havens are all OECD–compliant, and that tax disputes between high–tax locations and havens are very rare. His papers are some of the most cited papers on research into tax havens.[10] Zucman is also known for his work on the quantification of the financial scale of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) tax avoidance techniques employed by multinationals in corporate tax havens,[11][12] through which he identified Ireland as the world's largest corporate tax haven in 2018.[13]

In 2018, Zucman was the recipient of the Prize for the Best Young Economist in France, awarded by the Cercle des économistes and Le Monde in recognition of his research on tax evasion and avoidance and their economic consequences.[14] He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 2023, a prize for economists under the age of 40.[15]

  1. ^ "Gabriel Zucman". Goldman School of Public Policy. UC Berkeley. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. ^ Ben Steverman (23 May 2019). "The Wealth Detective Who Finds the Hidden Money of the Super Rich". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Gabriel Zucman". PSE. PSE. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ^ "EU Tax Observatory - About". Eutax. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  5. ^ "A blueprint for a coordinated minimum effective taxation standard for ultra-high-net-worth individuals". taxobservatory.eu. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  6. ^ "Top economist pitches global billionaire tax to G20 finance leaders". icij.org. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  7. ^ Sunstein, Cass R. "Parking the Big Money | Cass R. Sunstein" – via www.nybooks.com.
  8. ^ Houlder, Vanessa (October 2, 2015). "'The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens', by Gabriel Zucman".
  9. ^ "If You See a Little Piketty in This Tax-Haven Book, That's Fine". September 21, 2015 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  10. ^ "IDEAS/RePEc Database". Tax Havens by Most Cited
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  14. ^ Le Monde (May 28th, 2018). Gabriel Zucman a reçu le prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2018. Retrieved January 15th, 2019.
  15. ^ American Economic Association Honors and Awards Committee. "Gabriel Zucman, Clark Medalist 2023". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2023-05-11.