Call for Papers

Contributions to Inequality and Taxation

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 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.

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