Biographies (of various lengths; updated October 2026). For a Czech version see Česky; CV here.
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Petr Janský is Professor of Economics at Charles University, Prague, Czechia, where he founded the Centre for Public Finance and the CORPTAX research group and heads the Department of European Economic Integration and Economic Policy. He specialises in public finance, corporate taxation, tax havens and inequality.
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Petr Janský is an economist with research interests in public finance, taxation, tax havens and international development. With academic degrees from the University of Oxford and Prague’s Charles University, Petr is Professor of Economics at Charles University, where he founded the Centre for Public Finance and the CORPTAX research group, is founding the Prague School of Government and heads the Department of European Economic Integration and Economic Policy. Petr publishes in scholarly journals—including the Journal of Public Economics, IMF Economic Review and World Development—and has a book published by Oxford University Press. His research makes an impact through collaborations with international organisations such as the European Parliament and the United Nations.
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Petr Janský is Professor of Economics at Charles University, Prague, Czechia, where he founded the Centre for Public Finance, a public finance think tank, and the CORPTAX research group on the taxation of multinationals, and where he is founding the Prague School of Government, a new institute for educating public-sector leaders. He also heads the Department of European Economic Integration and Economic Policy. With academic degrees from Charles University and the University of Oxford, Petr specialises in public finance, corporate taxation, tax havens and inequality. His research focuses on how much multinational corporations pay in taxes, to what extent these taxes are paid in tax havens, and how tax reforms such as the global minimum tax affect investment and public revenues. Petr publishes in journals such as the Journal of Public Economics, IMF Economic Review and World Development, has a book published by Oxford University Press, and makes an impact through collaborations with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the United Nations.
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Petr Janský is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of European Economic Integration and Economic Policy at Charles University, Prague, Czechia. He founded the Centre for Public Finance (2024), a public finance think tank, and the CORPTAX research group (2021) on the taxation of multinationals, and he is founding the Prague School of Government (2025), a new institute for educating public-sector leaders. He is a member of the advisory board of the International Tax Observatory at the Paris School of Economics and served on the National Economic Council of the Czech Government (2022–2025), where he led its working group on pension reform. His research investigates how tax policies affect corporate investment and government revenues. In particular, he examines how much multinational corporations pay in taxes, to what extent these taxes are paid in tax havens, and what factors drive these patterns. His recent work explores the consequences of corporate tax avoidance for industry concentration, tax revenue structures, and within- and across-country income inequality, as well as the effects of recent tax reforms—including global minimum taxation—and of financial transparency, including country-by-country reporting. Petr Janský received his BSc and PhD in Economics from Charles University and an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.
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Petr Janský is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of European Economic Integration and Economic Policy at Charles University, Prague, Czechia. He founded the Centre for Public Finance (2024), a public finance think tank, and the CORPTAX research group (2021) on the taxation of multinationals, and he is founding the Prague School of Government (2025), a new institute for educating public-sector leaders. He is a member of the advisory board of the International Tax Observatory at the Paris School of Economics and served on the National Economic Council of the Czech Government (2022–2025), where he led its working group on pension reform. His research investigates how tax policies affect corporate investment and government revenues. In particular, he examines how much multinational corporations pay in taxes, to what extent these taxes are paid in tax havens, and what factors drive these patterns. His recent work explores the consequences of corporate tax avoidance for industry concentration, tax revenue structures, and within- and across-country income inequality, as well as the effects of recent tax reforms—including global minimum taxation—and of financial transparency, including country-by-country reporting. He is principal investigator of MINITAX, a Czech Science Foundation EXPRO project on global minimum taxation and the investment of multinationals (2025–2029).
His research has been published in leading economics and interdisciplinary journals, including the Journal of Public Economics, IMF Economic Review and World Development, and in a book published by Oxford University Press; in Czech, he is the author of the popular economics book Fantastické finance (2024). He has been invited to present his work at the European Parliament’s public hearings four times and at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. His research has been featured in The Economist and the Financial Times, cited in a United States Senate Budget Committee hearing and by the UN High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity, and used in the OECD’s 2024 progress report for the G7 finance ministers. His research won the Nordic Tax Research Council’s article prize in 2020, and in 2018 he led a finalist team at the EU Datathon.
Petr Janský received his BSc and PhD in Economics from Charles University and an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.
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