Niels Johannesen | Saïd Business School

Profile

Niels Johannesen is Director of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation at Saïd Business School and a part-time Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen.

Niels joined the School in 2023 after more than ten years at the University of Copenhagen.

He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and has held visiting positions at the University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan and the European University Institute, Florence.

Research

Niels’s research currently focuses on two main areas:

taxation of firms and capital
household finance

Much of his tax research revolves around tax evasion and tax avoidance through tax havens and global policy initiatives to enhance tax compliance. His work on household finance concerns household decisions about spending, investment and savings when faced with economic shocks.

His published papers and current working papers are available on his personal website.

Publications

Monetary policy and inequality
Journal article | Journal of Finance | 2023
Niels Johannesen, Asger Lau Andersen, Mia Jørgensen, Jose-Luis Peydro

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Elite capture of foreign aid: evidence from offshore bank accounts
Journal article | Journal of Political Economy | 2022
Niels Johannesen, Jørgen Juel Andersen, Bob Rijkers

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Social distancing laws cause only small losses of economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scandinavia
Journal article | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 2020
Niels Johannesen, Adam Sheridan, Asger Lau Andersen, Emil Toft Hansen

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Tax evasion and inequality
Journal article | American Economic Review | 2019
Niels Johannesen, Annette Alstadsæter, Gabriel Zucman

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The consumption effects of the 2007-2008 financial crisis: evidence from households in Denmark
Journal article | American Economic Review | 2017
Niels Johannesen, Thais Lærkholm Jensen

Teaching

Niels currently teaches:

MBA: Firms and Markets
MSc in Taxation

Engagement

Niels has been highly active in global policy debates about offshore tax evasion. He has given policy talks drawing on his research at the OECD Global Forum, the European Commission and the parliaments in Denmark and the Netherlands. He is currently serving on an Expert Committee on Business Subsidies appointed by the Danish government.