Country Report on Tax Expenditures in Switzerland: Transparency, Costs and the Need for Reform
23 June | 15.45-19.15 CEST | Bern, Switzerland
Fiscal,
Panel | Tags:
Switzerland,
Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures serve a wide range of purposes: stimulating investment, supporting social objectives and accompanying structural change are just a few examples. In Switzerland, the last estimate for federal tax expenditures puts them at CHF 25 billion per year...
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How Ministries of Finance can Support Coherent Climate Policy Packages | Panel Discussion & Launch
10 March 2026 | 15.00 CET | Online
Fiscal,
Panel | Tags:
Carbon Pricing,
Decarbonization,
Energy,
Industrial Policy,
Innovation,
Policy Coherence,
Tax Expenditures
This webinar, hosted by the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, presented key findings from a new report on how finance ministries can design and support coherent climate policy packages.
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Aligning Sovereign Bond Markets with the Net Zero Transition: Key Findings and Debate
29 April 2024 | Online | Co-hosted with GRI-LSE
Monetary,
Panel | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Debt,
Financial Supervision
To celebrate the launch of a flagship policy report discussing the role of central banks in aligning sovereign bond markets with the net zero transition, the Grantham Research Institute at LSE and CEP are co-hosting an online debate.
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Towards Macroprudential Frameworks for Managing Climate Risks
11 March 2024 | Online | 18h00 CET
Monetary,
Panel | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Financial Stability,
Macroprudential Policy
In collaboration with E-axes Forum, we co-hosted a panel on macroprudential frameworks for managing climate-related financial risks.
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Fiscal Incentives for Electric Vehicles: Navigating the Shift towards Electric Mobility
21 February 2024 | 17h00 (CET) Online
Fiscal,
Panel | Tags:
Energy,
Tax Expenditures,
Transport
In many countries drivers benefit from substantial fiscal incentives when purchasing electric vehicles.The webinar explored the opportunities and pitfalls of fiscal incentives for the shift toward electric mobility.
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Governing Finance and Climate Change – The Role of Central Banks and Financial Supervisors in Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risks
13 April 2023 | Washington, D.C., United States
Monetary,
Panel | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Financial Supervision
The Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP) at GWU, in partnership with the Council on Economic Policies, recently hosted a morning event on Governing Finance and Climate Change in Washington.
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Liberalizing Services Trade. Insights from the OECD STRI
17 February 2022 16:00-17:00 CET | Online
Panel,
Trade | Tags:
Services Trade,
Trade Liberalization
Global services trade regulations showed signs of liberalization in 2021, hitting a pause button on the steady rise in trade barriers witnessed in previous years. According to the recently released 2021 Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI), services liberalization outpaced new restrictions during 2021. This however
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Digital Trade Policies – Charting a Way Towards More Transparency
3 June, 2021 15.00-16.00 CET | Online
Panel,
Trade | Tags:
Digitalization,
Trade Policy
The digital transformation of economic activities, including international trade, has accelerated during the Covid-19 crisis. Consequently, policies affecting trade in the digital economy have gained prominence in the WTO as well as regional trade agreements. The Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on e-commerce that is currently
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Reforming Tax Expenditures – Challenges and Barriers in the United States
14 April, 2021 20.00 CET, 14.00 EDT | Online
Fiscal,
Panel | Tags:
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform
The panel addressed the main challenges and barriers holding back reform of the tax expenditure system in the US including:
The politics of tax expenditures
“Negative” and “positive” tax expenditures
Collecting racial, ethnic, and gender information
Improving transparency in public finance management.
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Monetary Policy Operations and Financial Regulation to Green the Financial System
22 February, 2021 18.00 CET | Online
Monetary,
Panel | Tags:
Asset Purchases,
Financial Regulation,
Monetary Policy Operations,
Targeted Refinancing Lines
The panel discussion will explore policy options – large-scale asset purchases, long-term refinancing operations, collateral framework and prudential regulation – to green the financial system, as well as debate their feasibility and effectiveness.
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