Jawad Shah | Saïd Business School

Profile

Jawad Shah is a Research Fellow in Economics at the Centre for Business Taxation.

Jawad’s research focuses on evasion and enforcement issues in taxation of businesses in developing countries. In his recent research, he studies the behaviour of value added tax (VAT) registered firms in economies with large informal sectors.

He completed his PhD from Martin School of University of Kentucky in 2021 and MPA from Maxwell School of Syracuse University in 2013 as a Fulbright scholar.

He has worked at the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), a global policy research network based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), as Consultant Research Associate, where he collaborated on the corporate tax, personal income tax, alternative minimum tax, and VAT projects in Africa.

Jawad was a tax administrator in Pakistan’s Civil Service for more than a decade. He served in VAT, customs, excise and income tax administrations in various regions of the country.

Research

Jawad conducts research on:

Use of technology to process third party information in VAT
Alternative minimum taxes on corporations
Impact of VAT audit on subsequent behaviour of firms
Minimum taxes in VAT
Wealth tax and taxation of high net-worth individuals

Teaching

Jawad teaches in economics and public policy at Blavatnik School of Government.

Jawad has also taught Economics and Business Statistics course, as independent instructor, in Gatton School of Business and Economics at University of Kentucky.