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Michael Devereux

Professor of Business Taxation

Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HP

Profile

Michael Devereux is a Professor of Business Taxation at Saïd Business School, Emeritus Director of the Centre for Business Taxation and a Professorial Fellow at Oriel College.

Mike is a past President of the International Institute for Public Finance. He is a member of the Board of Academic Advisers of the International Tax Policy Forum, and past Research Director of the European Tax Policy Forum. He is Research Fellow of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, CESifo and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

Mike obtained his PhD in Economics at University College London, and was Professor and Chair of the Economics departments at the Universities of Warwick and Keele. He has also served as Faculty Dean and Research Dean at the Saïd Business School.

Expertise:

  • Taxation of companies, especially international taxation
  • Business behaviour: investment, employment, finance and location

Read Michael's CV.

Research

Mike’s research interests are mainly concerned with the impact of different forms of taxation on the behaviour of business.

This includes assessing the impact of taxation on corporate investment and financial policy and the location decisions of multinationals - the impact of such behaviour on economic welfare, and the design of taxes on business. He has published widely in leading academic journals.

 

Publications

International tax competition and coordination with a global minimum tax

  • Journal article
  • National Tax Journal
  • Michael P Devereux
Finance

Taxing profit in a global economy

  • Book
  • Oxford University Press
  • Michael P Devereux,
  • Alan J Auerbach,
  • Michael Keen,
  • Paul Oosterhuis,
  • Wolfgang Schön,
  • John Vella
Finance

How Should Business Profit Be Taxed? Some Thoughts on Conceptual Developments During the Lifetime of the IFS*

  • Journal article
  • Fiscal Studies
  • Michael P Devereux
Finance

Can taxes tame the banks? evidence from the European bank levies

  • Journal article
  • Economic Journal
  • Michael Devereux,
  • N Johannesen,
  • J Vella
Finance

The impact of investment incentives: Evidence from UK corporation tax returns

  • Journal article
  • American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
  • G Maffini,
  • Michael Devereux,
  • J Xing
Finance
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Engagement

Mike is a leading and highly respected commentator and advisor on business taxation within the UK, EU and internationally.

He has acted as Specialist Adviser to the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords, and as a member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on Taxation of the Digital Economy. He has also worked closely with the OECD and the IMF.  

Teaching

Mike undertakes a range of teaching commitments.

He is currently teaching Firms and Markets to MBA and EMBA students. He is also a Director of the MSc Taxation and teaches extensively on that course. 

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