Public Participation



Conventional wisdom claims that far-right voters are the least supportive of redistribution and the least likely to change their minds when faced with facts about… Read More ›

Implications of Revealing the Wage Gap for Far-Right Voters

In 2022, we published a report examining alternative models of political party funding in Aotearoa New Zealand. As part of this work, we explored alternatives… Read More ›

Are Tax Credits an Option to Support Political Party Funding in Aotearoa New Zealand?

According to the “slippery slope” framework, tax compliance, and for that matter, tax policy development, is best facilitated by an approach that is founded on… Read More ›

Is New Zealand on a ‘Slippery Slope’ With Tax Policy?

The Australian Labor Party went to the 2022 election with a plan to ensure multinational corporations (MNCs) pay their ‘fair share’ of tax. Once elected,… Read More ›

[October Budget 2022] The Vested Interests Behind the Technical Expertise of the Big Four in Global Tax Reform

Direct democracy is becoming more and more popular all over the globe. Brexit, the Turkish constitution, or same-sex marriage and abortion laws in Ireland are… Read More ›

Citizens Prefer Lower Taxes Than Parliaments (But Not Always)

When the coronavirus hit in 2020, almost USD 14 trillion was committed globally in initial government responses to the pandemic. This was often done by… Read More ›

A COVID-19 Check for the Budget System

At a time when the world is hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and governments rush to launch unprecedented fiscal measures to address the crisis and… Read More ›

Open Budgets in the Time of COVID-19

This post was originally published as part of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Policy Brief series. Read Part 1 here. Improving the budget process… Read More ›

Budget Transparency: The Open Budget Survey 2017 – Part 2

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