FinanzArchiv (FA)
European Journal of Public Finance
Dirk Schindler, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Maximilian Todtenhaupt, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Alfons J. Weichenrieder, University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (managing)
Volume 82 (2026) / Price per volume (4 issues with approx. 620 pages)
As one of the world's oldest professional journals in public finance, founded in 1884, FinanzArchiv (FA) publishes original work from all fields of public economics which are of interest to an international readership, e.g. taxation, public debt, public goods, public choice, federalism, market failure, social policy, and the welfare state. Special emphasis is on high-quality theoretical and empirical papers on current policy issues.
Call for Papers
Contributions to Inequality and Taxation
In recent years, concerns about a perceived increase in inequality of income, wealth, life expectancy, and health have grown, both among scholars and in the media. Besides work on “traditional” topics, there has also emerged a large body of literature on how carbon pricing may affect inequality.
Under the headline Inequality and Taxation, FinanzArchiv/European Journal of Public Finance and the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance invite submissions for a conference to be held on 27–28 October 2026 in Berlin, Harnack-Haus.
Contributions may address, for example, topics such as:
- The incidence of capital taxation
- Redistributive impacts and efficiency effects of wealth and inheritance taxes
- Redistributional effects of carbon pricing
- Inequality and aggressive tariff policies
- Taxing high-net-worth individuals
Submissions should be submitted via https://events.tax.mpg.de/event/12/ with a deadline of June 15, 2026. Decisions on acceptance can be expected by July 10, 2026. Accommodation will be provided and covered for invited participants. Economy travel expenses to the conference will be reimbursed for presenters who commit to submitting their paper to the conference volume to be published by the FinanzArchiv/European Journal of Public Finance. Submission to the conference volume is not compulsory; however, submitters are invited to indicate whether their conference contribution would be available for inclusion in such a volume.
We welcome empirical and theoretical papers, as well as policy-oriented contributions on Fiscal Policy in Action. FinanzArchiv/European Journal of Public Finance follows a policy of giving a fair chance to empirical papers reporting insignificant results.
Dirk Schindler (Editor), Erasmus School of Economics
Maximilian Todtenhaupt (Editor), Universität Hannover
Georg U. Thunecke, Max-Planck Institute Munich
Alfons J. Weichenrieder (Managing Editor), Goethe University Frankfurt