Norway
Financial Transparency Reduces the Accumulation of Offshore Fortunes
In new research, Annette Alstadsæter, Niels Johannesen, Ségal Le Guern Herry & Gabriel Zucman find that Norwegian households that become wealthy today are much less likely to adopt offshore tax evasion strategies under modern high-transparency standards.Â
Innovation Suffers When Governments Can Alter Their Contracts
In new research, Michele Fioretti and Alessandro Iaria discuss how a landmark Norwegian court ruling shows how constitutional constraints on the government’s ability to retroactively change contracts can encourage private innovation and reshape entire industries.
