Agustin Redonda
Senior Fellow
Agustin Redonda is a Senior Fellow with CEP where he focuses on fiscal policy and leads CEP’s work on tax expenditures. He is also the co-director of the Tax Expenditures Lab. Prior to that, he was a research and teaching assistant with the Economics Department (IdEP) of the University of Lugano (USI). He also worked with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), as well as for the National Plan to Reduce Informal Activity (PNRT) at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MTSS) in Argentina. Agustin holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Lugano (USI), a MSc in Economics from University Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne, a MSc in Economics from University Paris – Est Créteil, and a BA in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He is also a certified TADAT Assessor (Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool), and has worked as a consultant for several governments and international organizations.
Latest Publications
Why Tax Expenditure Reporting Is a Missing Link in Financing for Development
Alexandra Readhead, Agustin Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang, Giovanni Occhiali, Giulia Mascagni and Harshil Parekh | 21 April 2026Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, GTED, Tax Expenditures
With aid budgets shrinking and debt vulnerabilities mounting, the $4 trillion governments forgo annually through exemptions, credits, and preferential rates demands greater transparency and accountability.... continue reading
Governing Tax Expenditures: Lessons from Four Advanced and Emerging Market Economies
Sofia Berg, Sanjeev Gupta and Agustin Redonda | 2 March 2026Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Brazil, Domestic Revenue Mobilization, France, India, Tax Expenditures, United Kingdom
This blog builds on four Tax Expenditures Country Reports published within the series hosted by CEP and IDOS, and shows how Brazil, France, India, and the United Kingdom govern tax... continue reading
Tax Expenditure Effectiveness: Tax Expenditures Lab Flagship Report 2025
Christian von Haldenwang, Agustin Redonda, Flurim Aliu and Sofia Berg | 4 December 2025Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures
The present report discusses the determinants and explores the empirical evidence of TE effectiveness. More and more jurisdictions publish TE reports, as shown by the Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED).... continue reading
Accelerating Industrial Decarbonisation. The Role of Tax Incentives
Flurim Aliu, Sofia Berg, Luke Hatton, Patrick Lenain, Agustin Redonda, Magd Shamashan and Nirosha Elsem Varghese | 17 November 2025Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: Decarbonization, Energy, Industrial Policy, Tax Expenditures
Achieving net-zero targets in industrial sectors will require substantial investment in low-carbon technologies, especially in “hard-to-abate” industries such as steel, cement, and petrochemicals. In this context, tax incentives have emerged... continue reading
Tax Expenditures for Environmental Sustainability
Agustin Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang and Sofia Berg | 13 November 2025Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, Sustainability, Tax Expenditures
This report analyses tax expenditures aimed at promoting environmentally sustainable practices. Drawing on the Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED) and a number of specific international experiences, it explores how these... continue reading
Tax Expenditures: Time to Clean House
François Ecalle, Patrick Lenain and Agustin Redonda | 27 October 2025Fiscal, Op-Eds | Tags: France, GTED, Tax Expenditures
The state of France’s public finances is worrying. The public deficit has rarely been so high outside periods of crisis, and public debt has reached record levels. Stabilising it will... continue reading