First 2014-2015 meeting of the Copenhagen Markets and Valuations Group

Dear Colleagues,

Wednesday October 22nd 10-12 (Kilen 4.49) will be the first 2014-2015 meeting of the Copenhagen Markets and Valuations Group.

This time we’ll be visited  by Karen Boll (Post.Doc., Department of Organization, CBS), and we discuss her paper: ‘State regulation through engagement of buyers and activation of the market economy – Is ‘Neoliberal Tax Management’ taking form?’

Karen’s article discusses a form of state regulation where government officials engage and involve external stakeholders in co-producing regulation. It reports two examples in which the state seeks to regulate in this way; one case concerns illegal contracting in the cleaning sector, the other concerns the operation of un-licenced businesses. These cases show that the government officials regulate fraud and tax evasion through buyers’ choices and thereby through the market economy. While this has a rationale in efficient administration—it is apparently cost-effective for the state—the article shows that the market-based regulation also carries a number of caveats in relation to regularity, equal treatment and potential minimization of the state. Pointing out these dilemmas the article discusses the consequences of this market economy approach to state regulation and argues that this might be categorised as a form of ‘Neoliberal Tax Management’. 

The seminar is free and open for participation, but it is expected that participants have read the circulated material. To attend, please register with seminar.ioa@cbs.dk (please mention the name of this seminar in the subject of your email) and you will receive the readings (one week before the seminar).