Arjan Lejour

senior wetenschappelijk medewerker, Sector 1 Belasting en begroting
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Centraal Planbureau

Bezuidenhoutseweg 30
2594 AV Den Haag

Arjan Lejour is projectleader at the sector Public Finance of CPB and professor Taxation and Public Finance at Tilburg University. Between 2011 and 2018 he was programmeleader Taxation at CPB. He has also been programmeleader Globalisation and Europe between 2005 and 2012. Before he was senior researcher in international economics at CPB. Arjan is an expert in (international) business taxation, trade behaviour of Dutch firms, and trade in services. He has also analysed many EU policies, such as the internal market, economic reforms (Europe 2020), subsidiarity issues and enlargement. He has been consultant for DG Economic and Financial Affairs, DG Enterprise and Industry, DG Trade, DG Taxud and DG Budget of the European Commission and for the Swiss and Finnish government. He also participates in various national and international working groups.

  • PhD in Economics, 1995, thesis "Integrating or Desintegrating Welfare States? a qualitative study to the consequences of economic integration on social insurance", Centre for Economic Research (CentER), Tilburg University.
  • Masters in Philosophy of Economics at Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1990
  • Masters in Econometrics at Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1990
  • Full professor Taxation and Public Finance at Tilburg University (Fiscal Institute Tilburg)
  • Fellow member of CESifo Research Network
  • Advisory board member Empirica
  • Chair of the committee Economics and Taxation of de Vereniging voor Belastingwetenschap 2021 / 2022
  • Member of the Dutch advisory committee Draagkracht / financial strength 2020 / 2021
  • Member of the Dutch advisory committee Taxing Multinational firms 2019 / 2020
  • Member of the (IBO)-committee on part time work 2018 / 2019
  • Associate professor at Tilburg University (Fiscal Institute), 2016 - 2019
  • Guest lecturer at Free University Amsterdam, 2013-2015
  • Programmeleader Globalisation, CPB, 2009-2011
  • Programmeleader European Analysis, CPB, 2005-2009
  • Senior researcher at the sector International Economics, CPB, 1996 - 2005
  • Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, 1998
  • Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Tilburg University, 1994 - 1996
  • PhD student Centre for Economic Research (CentER), Tilburg University, 1990 - 1994

Publications

August 27, 2024

De lange weg naar de top: vermogensmobiliteit in Nederland

Mensen met de grootste vermogens in Nederland blijven meestal lange tijd tot de rijkste mensen horen. En personen van wie het vermogen daalt, zakken vaak slechts één of enkele treden op de vermogensladder.

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May 22, 2024

Inkomens en belastingen aan de top

De top-1% hoogste inkomens betalen relatief minder belasting dan de groep daar net onder. De belastingdruk daalt verder wanneer wordt ingezoomd op de top-0,1% of de top-0,01%.

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December 18, 2023

Effecten van belastinghervormingen op de belastingdruk van verschillende inkomensgroepen

Wijzigingen in de belastingen gericht op vereenvoudiging en doelmatigheid van het stelsel pakken heel verschillend uit voor verschillende inkomensgroepen.

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October 10, 2023

Disentangling business- and tax-motivated bilateral royalty flows

Multinational firms pay for the use of intellectual property (IP). The IP-rights may be located in another country where the royalty income is taxable. This taxation may differ between countries which offers...

October 10, 2023

Belastinggemotiveerde royaltystromen: omvang van misgelopen belastingen

Multinationals betalen voor het gebruik van intellectueel eigendom (IE), zoals patenten en logo’s. De rechten daarvan kunnen zich in een ander land bevinden en over de inkomsten van de IE-rechten moet belasting...