Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn (@kvmfinn.bsky.social)

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:54 PMReposted by @kvmfinn.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.

www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

@kvmfinn.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:30 PM

I will never forget the first time I stepped into Chris Wickham’s office as a PhD student in 2007 and saw his Buffy the Vampire Slayer mousepad. We hit it off immediately. He was such a kind, generous scholar in addition to being brilliant. Medieval studies is the poorer for his absence.

@katlong.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 1:17 PMReposted by @kvmfinn.bsky.social

Good advice for journalists covering the story too 👇

@theradr.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 4:56 PMReposted by @kvmfinn.bsky.social

From the article: “The thing we don't hear about enough, in my opinion, is the lives and humanity of pregnant people.” 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 In Judaism, the fetus is regarded as a part of the pregnant person's body until birth. Because whose life matters most is the one already born.

Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.comSep 27, 2026, 4:38 PM

NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co

autonomynews.coNew Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to LifeLawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.

@kvmfinn.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 1:02 AM

You do, however, recommend A+ paleontologist romance novels, and I for one very much appreciate that! I started Fossil Feud yesterday morning and finished it before lunchtime today. Delightful read!

@alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info Sep 25, 2026, 9:59 AMReposted by @kvmfinn.bsky.social

Let’s do our best to honor Dolly Parton’s memory today!

@kvmfinn.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 11:19 AM

My partner’s grandfather had it and thankfully made a full recovery with chemotherapy, but it was not at all assured at the time.

@theferocity.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 11:15 AMReposted by @kvmfinn.bsky.social

Good riddance.

@kvmfinn.bsky.social Aug 30, 2026, 10:37 PM

I had a regular commute along Storrow when I taught at Simmons. One of the few advantages of having to commute to Cambridge when I moved to MIT was less time on that cursed road.

@kvmfinn.bsky.social Aug 28, 2026, 1:30 AM

This lecture on #Shakespeare and #HouseoftheDragon is from April 2024, before Seasons 2 and 3 aired, but I suppose that just means I need to do a sequel. #medievalism #medievalsky

@liberation.fr Aug 27, 2026, 4:50 PMReposted by @kvmfinn.bsky.social

⚫ L’artiste japonaise Yayoi Kusama est morte à l’âge de 97 ans. Considérée comme précurseure d’Andy Warhol et de Keith Haring, elle a créé une œuvre entêtante, marquée en peinture par la répétition de motifs, notamment du filet et du point.

📷 https://l.liberation.fr/2e0