View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201804230914-en.html]   _in cooperation with _ [Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) (FIW)] [https://www.jvi.org] Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: THE DIGITAL GAMBLE: NEW TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS FISCAL POLICY GENEVIÈVE VERDIER International Monetary Fund (IMF) THURSDAY, 26 APRIL 2018, 11:00 AM (11:00 CEST) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, lecture hall (entrance from the ground floor) Digitalization presents both opportunities and risks for fiscal policy. It has the potential to improve the design and implementation of fiscal policy, but it also creates new challenges. The analytical chapter of the IMF’s April 2018 Fiscal Monitor [http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/FM/Issues/2018/04/06/fiscal-monitor-april...] first analyzes improvements in policy implementation with illustrative examples on tax compliance and spending efficiency. The analysis suggests that adopting digital tools could increase indirect tax collection at the border by up to 2 percent of GDP per year. In the future, digitalization could also help governments track down taxes on wealth sheltered in offshore financial centers, estimated at 10 percent of world GDP. On the spending side, country case studies show how digitalization can play a role in improving social protection and the delivery of public services. The chapter also discusses the design of future policy ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/the-digital-gamble-new-technology-transforms-fiscal-polic...] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-383.html] for the event. Participation is free of charge. Best regards, Elisabeth Hagen [https://wiiw.ac.at/elisabeth-hagen-s-600.html] _Executive Director_            Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw@wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic-...] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2018 wiiw, all rights reserved.