9th International Conference: The Shadow Economy, Tax Behaviour and Insights from Big Data

The conference will provide a great opportunity for scholars across disciplines to explore and discuss recent research on the shadow economy, tax behaviour, and related fields. One focus area is the opportunities that the development of big data collection and AI-powered analytics creates for both academic understanding of tax evasion and related policymaking, but also the resulting challenges.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Niels Johannesen, Professor of Economics and Business at Oxford University, Director of Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation.
• Norman Loayza, Director of Global Indicators Group at the World Bank.

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit full papers or extended abstracts (1500 words) for the Shadow 2025 conference. The submissions will be reviewed and selected by the scientific committee. Papers should be in pdf format and be submitted no later than 23:59 Central European Time on 15 June 2025 at the submission webpage. The acceptance decision will be made available on 6 July 2025.

PUBLICATION POSSIBILITIES

Papers presented at the conference may be submitted shortly after the conference to be considered for inclusion in a special issues of:

• Economic and Political Studies;
• International Economics and Economic Policy.

Deadlines will be communicated via the conference website. All papers submitted for publication will be subject to the standard refereeing process of the respective journal.

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT

We kindly ask participants to register for the event by 23 Aug. 2025 (see the conference website for link to registration). There is an optional social programme on Sunday 28 Sept. 2025, including i.e. sightseeing the Old Town and the Chopin Museum in Warsaw. The fee for the conference (including conference dinner on 26 Sept. and catering at all lunches and coffee breaks) is 280 EUR (including the social programme on 28 Sept.) or 240 EUR (without the social programme).

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• James Alm, Tulane University
• Cécile Bazart, University of Montpellier
• Katarzyna Bilicka, Utah State University
• Stanisław Cichocki, University of Warsaw
• Jason DeBacker, University of South Carolina
• Piotr Dybka, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
• Catalina Granda Carvajal, Banco de la República de Colombia
• Sascha Hokamp
• Erich Kirchler, University of Vienna
• Alari Paulus, Bank of Estonia
• Alessandro Santoro, University of Milan-Bicocca
• Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan
• Karsten Staehr, Tallinn University of Technology and Bank of Estonia
• Andrzej Torój, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
• Francesco Turino, University of Alicante
• Mazhar Wassem, University of Manchester

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