Niels Johannesen

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Personal website: www.nielsjohannesen.net

Primary fields of research

International Taxation, Tax Evasion, Tax Avoidance, Tax Planning, Taxation of Multinational Firms, Taxation and Regulation of the Financial Sector

Current research

Current research projects:

• What is the effect of bank taxation on riskiness in the financial sector?
• How do financial crises spread to the real economy?
• Who owns the offshore wealth and why?

Teaching

I teach a master-level course on tax policy and a first-year course on business economics. I supervise students on all topics within public economics

CV

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (Mar. 2010)

M.Sc. in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (Jun. 2004)

M.A. in European Economics, College of Europe, Bruges (Jun. 2003)

B.A. in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (Jun. 2001)

PREVIOUS ADACEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (Dec 2012 to Jan 2018) 

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (Jul 2012 to Nov 2012)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (Jan. 2010 to Jun 2012)

Ph.D. Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (Sep. 2006 - Dec. 2009)

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Head of Section, Danish Ministry of Finance (Feb. 2006 – Sep. 2006)

Junior/Senior Advisor, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Luxembourg (Sep. 2004 – Dec. 2005)

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Tietgen Prize, 2012 , FUHU (“significant research effort within business economics”)

Peggy and Richard Musgrave Prize 2010, IIPF Annual Congress (“best paper by scholar below age 40”)

Zeuthen Prize 2004, University of Copenhagen (“best master thesis in economics”)

ICAEW Prize 2003, College of Europe (“best master thesis in economics”)