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Miguel Almunia

  • Professor of Economics
  • CUNEF Universidad.

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Miguel Almunia is a Professor of Economics at CUNEF Universidad. His research uses administrative tax data to improve our understanding of tax evasion and avoidance behaviour, both in advanced and developing countries. Miguel obtained a PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley and an MPA in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School.

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Trade shocks and production networks in Uganda

Miguel Almunia, Jonas Hjort, Lin Tian, Alan Griffith 31 Aug 2019
Project

Mapping domestic and international trade networks

Justine Knebelmann, Miguel Almunia, Jonas Hjort 31 Jul 2018
Project
Furniture shop along the street. Photo credits: Simisa via Wikipedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Information, fiscal capacity, and tax enforcement: An experimental evaluation

Francois Gerard, Miguel Almunia, Jonas Hjort, Justine Knebelmann 30 Sep 2018
Project

Fiscal capacity and tax revenues in Uganda

Miguel Almunia, Francois Gerard, Jonas Hjort
Project

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Strategic or confused? Firm behaviour and missing millions in Uganda’s VAT

Miguel Almunia, Jonas Hjort, Justine Knebelmann, Lin Tian
Blog
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An analysis of discrepancies in tax declarations submitted under value-added tax in Uganda

Miguel Almunia, Francois Gerard, Jonas Hjort
Project report
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Fiscal capacity and tax revenues in Uganda

Miguel Almunia, Francois Gerard, Jonas Hjort
Working paper

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