Miguel Almunia

Associate Professor of Economics, CUNEF and CEPR Research Affiliate

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Miguel Almunia is an Associate Professor of Economics at CUNEF Universidad (Madrid) and a Research Affiliate at CEPR, IFS and IGC. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick.

He obtained a PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley and an MPA/ID from Harvard Kennedy School. He does research in the fields of public finance and development economics with a particular focus on the effects of government policies--in particular taxation and regulation--on the behaviour of firms and households.

Recent work by Miguel Almunia

VAT in developing countries: flawed, but irreplaceable

Informality, compliance costs, and weak administrative capacity all constrain the effectiveness of VAT in lower-income countries. However, it is a crucial source of revenue that is better than the alternatives, so governments should focus on reforms that make the VAT more efficient.

Public Economics

Anne Brockmeyer Giulia Mascagni Mazhar Waseem Miguel Almunia Vedanth Nair

Published 04.04.24

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

A quarter of Ugandan firms appear to consistently make costly mistakes, with potentially far-reaching consequences for theory and policy design

Firms

Miguel Almunia Jonas Hjort Justine Knebelmann Lin Tian

Published 22.11.21

Miguel Almunia

Recent work by Miguel Almunia

VAT in developing countries: flawed, but irreplaceable

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