Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On March 3, 2026, we welcome Julius Andersson to present a simple, policy-relevant formula linking the progressivity of indirect taxes to two sufficient statistics: the income elasticity of the taxed good and the level of income inequality. The talk highlights how inequality can amplify regressive effects for taxes on necessities and amplify progressivity for taxes on luxuries - offering a practical lens for evaluating carbon, excise, and other indirect taxes.

Family offices play a distinctive and increasingly influential role in entrepreneurial finance, deploying long-term oriented capital shaped not only by financial returns but also by industry expertise, active engagement, and family-driven priorities. This breakfast seminar examines the drivers and consequences of direct entrepreneurial investments by family offices, and what these investment practices imply for founders, co-investors, and the broader innovation ecosystem. Please register below to secure your seat.

Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On March 31, 2026, we welcome Pierre-Louis Vézina to discuss refugee entrepreneurship in Poland after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, examining firm creation, spillovers to domestic business formation, and underlying mechanisms using registry and survey data.

Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On April 7, 2026, we welcome Jaakko Meriläinen to present new evidence on how elite networks shaped nation-building in 19th-century Finland, tracing the diffusion of nationalist adoption through social ties and its longer-run effects on identity formation and political development.

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Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On May 12, 2026, we welcome Jan Christoph Steckel to discuss how household electricity price shocks shape democratic attitudes and party support in Germany during the 2022–2023 energy crisis, drawing on evidence from a four-wave panel survey and billing-system–driven variation.

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