Strengthening Climate Risk Metrics – A Roadmap for 2021
23 February 2021 | Online | By Invitation
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risk,
Financial Supervision,
Monetary Policy Operations,
Risk Metrics
Climate risks are financial risks. As such they must be incorporated into all investment decisions, including those by banks, investors and asset managers. They must also become an integral part of central banks’ monetary policy operations, as well as of financial supervision – both on
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Reforming Tax Expenditures – Focus on Europe
11, 18 and 25 February, 2021 | Online
Fiscal,
Roundtables | Tags:
Consumption Tax,
Corporate Tax,
Personal Income Tax,
Tax Expenditures,
Tax Reform,
Wealth Tax
A significant amount of government funding worldwide is channeled through tax breaks, aka “tax expenditures” (TEs), in the form of exemptions, deductions, credits, deferrals, and reduced tax rates.
Despite their magnitude and the fact that their net impact on government budgets is the same as direct
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Central Banks and Inequality – COVID-19 and Beyond
7, 11 and 14 December, 2020 | Online
Monetary,
Panel | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Regulation,
Inequality
A three-part series on “Central Banking and Inequality—COVID-19 and Beyond.” The three discussions will cover the link between inequality and financial regulation, financial market infrastructure, and monetary policy.
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Coming Back Stronger – Governing Finance in Switzerland
30 November 2020 | Online | By Invitation
Monetary,
Roundtables | Tags:
Central Banks,
Financial Regulation,
Governing Finance,
Switzerland
Finance impacts all aspects of our lives, from our economies to social cohesion to the ecological systems we depend on for our very survival. As a result, the implications of how we choose to govern finance are fundamental, and ultimately existential.
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Incentivos Fiscales en Iberoamérica en Tiempos de COVID-19
1 July 2020
Fiscal,
Workshops | Tags:
Covid-19,
Developing Countries,
Tax Expenditures
In times of COVID-19, countries across the world are introducing a myriad of response and stimulus packages to mitigate the economic downturn triggered by the pandemic. The second in a series of two virtual seminars co-organized by CEP and the GLOBTAXGOV Project (Leiden University) explores
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