Media

Blog posts


• Building resilience in times of inflation-induced inequality, 2023, ESM blog post
    Joint with M.Gnewuch

• Digitalisation to improve tax compliance: Evidence from VAT e-invoicing in Peru, 2022, VoxDev column
    Joint with E.Dabla-Norris, S.Khalid and F.Lima

• Trade and Remittances within Africa, 2018, IMF blog post
    Joint with F.Arizala, M.MacDonald, M.Mlachila and M.Yenice


Podcasts / Videos


• Estimating macro effects of climate shocks from billions of geospatial weather observations 2023, Video presentation at the NGFS conference on Green Finance Research Advance

• Electronic Invoicing Reform in Peru Paying Off, 2019, link
  Joint with S.Khalid
The use of digital technologies is transforming how tax administrations operate, helping to improve efficiency and service delivery. A striking example has been Peru's adoption of electronic invoicing, which allows the automatic transfer of billing information between firms and the tax authority. Drawn by its potential to strengthen tax compliance and reduce costs, Peru is among more than 50 countries around the world to have implemented e-invoicing and many others are preparing to follow suit. IMF economists Salma Khalid and Matthieu Bellon have been studying the impact of Peru's mandatory e-invoicing reform that started back in 2014. Their research paper will be published this fall.


News articles


• How economic integration is helping growth in Africa, 2018, World Economic Forum article
    Joint with F.Arizala, M.MacDonald, M.Mlachila and M.Yenice

• Africa Comes Together, 2018, F&D article
    Joint with F.Arizala and M.MacDonald
Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming more integrated—which will aid growth but is not without risk.

• WTO announces outcome of 2016 Essay Award for Young Economists, 2016, link
The winner of the 2016 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists is Matthieu Bellon of Columbia University. His paper, entitled “Trade Liberalization and Inequality: a Dynamic Model with Firm and Worker Heterogeneity”, was ranked first by the Selection Panel. He receives a prize of CHF 5,000. The panel also awarded an honourable mention to Eunhee Lee of Yale University for her work entitled “Trade, Inequality, and the Endogenous Sorting of Heterogeneous Workers”.