In the second video of the series Investigating International Finance, an alternative view on capital controls is given contrasting with the paradigm of classical trade theory which suggests that the removal of trade and capital barriers is associated with higher market efficiency. After explaining the conceptual mechanisms underlying capital controls, examples are introduced where countries actually apply capital controls and how these controls have been associated with a lesser exposure to international financial crises spillovers. 2011 Level: debutante Tax Havens - Investigating International Finance   New Economics Foundation This essay focuses on the sources of government revenue within the Middle East and North African (MENA) region and proposes the implementation of a regional tax reset through increased taxation and tax reforms, deregulation in the private sector and economic diversification to reduce macroeconomic volatilities caused by the hydrocarbon industry. 2018 Level: debutante Taxation in the MENA region Sanchita Shekar Pluralist Economics Fellowship The course will teach students to analyze the goals, implementation, and outcomes of economic policy. 2018 Level: adelantado Advanced Economic Policy 2 Alyssa Schneebaum Vienna University of Economics and Business In recent years issues surrounding tax evasion and avoidance have gotten more attention in public debates and policy making around the world. It poses key questions about how we want to (re)organise our economies, what the rules of the game are, and who benefits from them. Any good economist today should have a basic understanding of this issue as it has implications for public finance and inequality, but market competition and macroeconomic statistics. 2022 Level: debutante An introduction into (not) taxing wealth and profits – Economy Studies   Economy Studies