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DemoTrans is an impact driven research project that provides policy recommendations with a focus on democratic governance, accountability & transparency

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🌍 Final @DemoTrans Conference–Democracy, Globalisation & the Economy 📅 7–8 May 2026 | #Leuven, #Belgium, #KULeuven 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 15 Feb 2026 🔗 Submit here: feb.kuleuven.be/drc/LEER/dem…
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🎧 New Episode @DemoTrans Podcast Series! 📌Ep. #16: Regional Representation in the European Parliament – What Do MEPs Ask About? 🔉Listen to the podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/21f…

Episode #16: Using Regional Products to Study Regional Representation in the European Parliament

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🎧New Episode @DemoTrans Podcast Series! Ep #15: Can Public Procurement Drive Sustainability? 🎙Listen to the #podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/13v…

Episode #15: Demand-Side Innovation Policy to Achieve Sustainability Missions

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🎧 New Episode @DemoTrans #Podcast Series!!! 📌Ep #14: Shallow and Uneven Progress Toward Global Financial Transparency Listen to the #podcast on @Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6HR…

Episode #14: Shallow and Uneven Progress towards Global Financial Transparency: Evidence from the...

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🚨Happy to share that our @DemoTrans colleague T.Balbach (w/J.Grandia) organizes a panel on gov't contracting, #publicprocurement & grantmaking at the upcoming #NIG2026 Conference (P23). 📅5–6/2/26 📍 @IOPGI_KULeuven 🗓️ Abstracts 15/10/25 nigovernance.nl/call-for-abs…
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🎧New @DemoTrans Podcast Episode – Out Now! 📌Ep.#13: What Multinational Corporations Actually Pay in Taxes Listen the podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/5NF…

Episode #13: Effective tax rates of multinational corporations in European countries

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🎧 We're back...and so is the #DemoTrans Podcast Series! 📊This episode dives into the distributional consequences of multinational profit shifting. 🎙open.spotify.com/episode/7k1… 📃Pol.Brief: feb.kuleuven.be/drc/LEER/dem…
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📌 Did you miss this? 🔒What happens when financial secrecy rules tighten? Investors play hide-and-seek. P.Janský,T.Palanská,M.Palanský examine how investors respond to increased financial transparency using a novel dataset covering 2011–2019. 📄taxjustice.net/reports/hide-…

Hide-seek-hide? On the effects of financial secrecy | Tax Justice Network

Excessive financial secrecy facilitates illicit financial flows, including via anonymous ownership of cross-border financial assets. We study the reaction of such investment to recent increases in...

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📌 Did you miss this?💼 Do politicians really benefit financially from holding office or is there a hidden cost? B.Geys & R.J.Sørensen challenge the popular belief that political careers always come with financial rewards. Full paper: doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12358

A post‐politics earnings penalty? Evidence from politicians' lifetime income trajectories (1970–2...

Politicians are commonly believed to gain financially from holding and/or having held office. We argue that there may often also be economic downsides to pursuing a political career and investigate...

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📌 Did you miss this?💼Can bureaucratic elites change their political stripes to survive political turnover? B.Geys, P.Lægreid, Z.Murdoch, S.W.Yackee challenge the widely held view that partisan identification among top bureaucrats is fixed. Full paper: doi.org/10.1017/S00030554240…

I’m a Survivor: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification | American...

I’m a Survivor: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification - Volume 119 Issue 3

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📌 Did you miss this publication: "EU-induced financialisation and its impact on the Greek wage share, 1999–2021", by G.Gouzoulis, P.Iliopoulos,G.Galanis, exploring the long-term structural impacts of Eurozone integration on the income share of🇬🇷workers. lnkd.in/eCruwDCp

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📢 Publication Spotlight #DemoTrans What impact has corporate transparency had on tax avoidance? T.Tuinsma, K. De Witte, P.Janský, M.Palanský, V.Titl examine how a major international tax policy reform is reshaping corporate behavior. 🔗doi.org/10.1007/s10797-025-0…

Effects of corporate transparency on tax avoidance: evidence from country-by-country reporting

International Tax and Public Finance - Since 2016, multinationals with a revenue over € 750 million have to submit country-by-country reports to tax authorities to deter tax avoidance. Using...

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📌 Did you miss our article "The Cost of Favoritism in Public Procurement", by B. Baránek & @vtitl ? This study explores whether political connections in public contracting help or hurt the public sector. Read the full article👉doi.org/10.1086/727793

The Cost of Favoritism in Public Procurement | The Journal of Law and Economics: Vol 67, No 2

AbstractAre political connections in public procurement harmful or efficiency gaining for the public sector, and what are the costs of favoritism toward politically connected firms? Exploiting...

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Our @DemoTrans team: @UniUtrecht,@USE_UU,@UUCopernicus,@IOPGI_KULeuven,@KU_Leuven,@LeuvenEconomics,@UiB,@corptax_prague,@CharlesUniPRG,@TaxJusticeNet,@REA_research!
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🆕 New Publication from #DemoTrans! How do bureaucrats strategically manage time in the policymaking process? Vibeke Kroken, Zuzana Murdoch, and Benny Geys examine when and why public administrators choose to slow down or speed up decision-making 🔗doi.org/10.1080/01402382.202…
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Our @DemoTrans team: @UniUtrecht,@USE_UU,@UUCopernicus,@IOPGI_KULeuven,@KU_Leuven,@LeuvenEconomics,@UiB,@corptax_prague,@CharlesUniPRG,@TaxJusticeNet,@REA_research! Website: democracy-transparency.eu/

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🆕#DemoTrans #podcast episode🎙️ 🏙️What happens to citizen satisfaction as municipalities grow? 🎧Listen to ep.11, based on the work of Ø.Bogen, Z.Murdoch & B.Geys, to find out more: open.spotify.com/episode/5ua…
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📺 How much influence do consulting corporations have over governments? Don’t miss this insightful @DeutscheWelle documentary from the #BusinessBeyond series featuring contributions from our partner Steven Van de Walle. youtu.be/vvOkoqUVaLE?si=KLXm…

How consulting corporations are influencing governments around the...

From designing hospitals and prisons to drawing up climate change s...

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🚨🌎The world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy: 1 United States 2 Switzerland 3 Singapore 4 Hong Kong 5 Luxembourg 6 Germany 7 Netherlands 8 South Korea 9 Guernsey 10 Japan The top suppliers are shifting towards autocracy, #FSI2025 reveals. taxjustice.net/press/financi…
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🚨New @DemoTrans #Podcast (Episode #10) 🎧In this #podcast we welcome R.Nicolas, @vtitl, and @FredoSchotanus's research on how the🇪🇺Structural & Investment Funds (#ESIF) influences the adoption of #GreenPublicProcurement! ▶open.spotify.com/episode/1FW… Full Policy Brief🔽
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Policy Brief: feb.kuleuven.be/drc/LEER/dem… Our @DemoTrans team: @UniUtrecht,@USE_UU,@UUCopernicus,@IOPGI_KULeuven,@KU_Leuven,@LeuvenEconomics,@UiB,@corptax_prague,@CharlesUniPRG,@TaxJusticeNet,@REA_research! Website: democracy-transparency.eu
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