Biography
Kevin Spiritus is assistant professor of Public Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics. His research focuses on optimal tax and benefit policies. Please visit his personal website for more information: http://www.kevinspiritus.eu
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Work
- Robin Boadway & Kevin Spiritus (2025) - Optimal taxation of normal and excess returns to risky assets - Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 127 (2), 366-389 - doi: 10.1111/sjoe.12566 - [link]
- Kevin Spiritus (2025) - Optimal commodity taxation when households earn multiple incomes - International Tax and Public Finance, 32 (1), 98-119 - doi: 10.1007/s10797-023-09826-5 - [link]
- Aart Gerritsen, Bas Jacobs, Kevin Spiritus & Alexandra Rusu (2025) - Optimal taxation of capital income with heterogeneous rates of return - The Economic Journal, 135 (665), 180-211 - doi: 10.1093/ej/ueae083
- Kevin Spiritus, FT (Floris) Zoutman, Etienne Lehmann & Sander Renes (2025) - Optimal taxation with multiple incomes and types - Theoretical Economics - [link]
- Robin Boadway & Kevin Spiritus (2024) - Optimal taxation of normal and excess returns to risky assets - Scandinavian Journal of Economics - doi: 10.1111/sjoe.12566 - [link]
- Kevin Spiritus (2022) - Optimal Commodity Taxation Under Non-linear Income Taxation
- Kevin Spiritus (2022) - Optimal Taxation with Multiple Incomes and Types
- R Boadway & KFJ (Kevin) Spiritus (2021) - Optimal Taxation of Normal and Excess Returns to Risky Assets - [link]
- Kevin Spiritus, K Van Hamme & D Dujardin (2020) - Er is geen enkele reden om vastgoed minder te belasten - De Tijd - [link]
- Sarah Kuypers, Kevin Spiritus & Wim Vermeersch (2020) - Een nieuwe effectentaks is geen goed idee - Samenleving en Politiek, 27 (9), 18-25 - [link]
- Kevin Spiritus (1 October 2022) - Econoom Kevin Spiritus over federale begroting: "Er worden weinig beslissingen op lange termijn genomen"
- Kevin Spiritus (1 July 2022) - 'Stap richting eenvoudigere belastingen'
- Kevin Spiritus (12 May 2022) - 'Nederland, het land van eerlijke belastingen voor de rijken?'
- Kevin Spiritus (11 February 2022) - 'Bij verschillende btw-tarieven krijgen lobbygroepen macht'
- KFJ (Kevin) Spiritus (29 July 2021) - Interview: Herteken de belastingen. Dat is eerlijker, democratischer en beter voor de economie
- Kevin Spiritus (26 November 2020) - 500 miljoen extra Vlaams geld voor de zorg, maar wie gaat dat betalen?
- Kevin Spiritus (2021) - Ministry of Finance (External organisation) (Chair)
Activity: Membership of committee › Professional - Kevin Spiritus (2019) - Optimal Taxation of Capital income – Insights From Economic Theory (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2019) - Optimal Taxation of Capital income – Insights From Economic Theory (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2018) - Optimal Taxation of Capital income – Insights From Economic Theory (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2016) - Panama Papers: About the Cost of Tax Evasion (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2016) - The Optimal Taxation of Household Savings: The Rate of Return Allowance (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2013) - Intergenerational Inequality in Welfare: Facts and Values (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2012) - Assessing VAT-Reforms by Means of Microsimulation Models (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2012) - FLEMOSI: Implementing a New Country (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2012) - FLEMOSI: Integrating VAT-Policies (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
KU Leuven
- Start date approval
- May 2022
- End date approval
- May 2025
- Place
- LEUVEN
- Description
- research fellow (vrijw.med.)
