Biography
Kevin Spiritus is associate professor of Public Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam and a research fellow of the Tinbergen Institute. He obtained his PhD in Economics from KU Leuven, after studying theoretical physics and computer science. His research focuses on optimal tax and benefit policies, with a special focus on formulating policy recommendations. His work has been published in among others Economic Journal and Theoretical Economics. Please visit his personal website for more information: http://www.kevinspiritus.eu
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Work
- Kevin Spiritus, Étienne Lehmann, Sander Renes & Floris T. Zoutman (2025) - Optimal taxation with multiple incomes and types - Theoretical Economics, 20 (2), 543-581 - doi: 10.3982/TE5479 - [link]
- 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
- 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 oktober 2022) - Econoom Kevin Spiritus over federale begroting: "Er worden weinig beslissingen op lange termijn genomen"
- Kevin Spiritus (1 juli 2022) - 'Stap richting eenvoudigere belastingen'
- Kevin Spiritus (12 mei 2022) - 'Nederland, het land van eerlijke belastingen voor de rijken?'
- Kevin Spiritus (11 februari 2022) - 'Bij verschillende btw-tarieven krijgen lobbygroepen macht'
- KFJ (Kevin) Spiritus (29 juli 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)
Activiteit: Membership of committee › Professional - Kevin Spiritus (2019) - Optimal Taxation of Capital income – Insights From Economic Theory (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2019) - Optimal Taxation of Capital income – Insights From Economic Theory (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2018) - Optimal Taxation of Capital income – Insights From Economic Theory (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2016) - Panama Papers: About the Cost of Tax Evasion (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2016) - The Optimal Taxation of Household Savings: The Rate of Return Allowance (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2013) - Intergenerational Inequality in Welfare: Facts and Values (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2012) - Assessing VAT-Reforms by Means of Microsimulation Models (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2012) - FLEMOSI: Implementing a New Country (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Kevin Spiritus (2012) - FLEMOSI: Integrating VAT-Policies (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic
Introduction to Mathematics
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB11003X
Microeconomics (econometrie)
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB21020
Microeconomics
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB11001
Introduction to Mathematics
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB11003
Seminar Economic Policy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEM11128
