Dr. Pravera Shehaj
Research Associate (Post-Doc)
Room 206
14195 Berlin
Office hours
By appointment
Personal data.
Born in Vlore, Albania
Academic qualifications.
2019 – 2022: PhD in International Business Taxation, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, in Vienna, Austria.
2016 – 2018: M.Sc. in Economics and Political Science, University of Milan – La Statale, in Milan, Italy.
2013 – 2016: B.Sc. in International Studies (Political Science and International Relations), University of Trento, in Trento, Italy.
Academic Distinctions.
- Forschungsprämie für eine hervorragende Dissertation (2022), Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.
- Honour and Merit Award Edition 2016, University of Trento.
Previous positions.
May 2022 – Sept. 2022: Project Research Executive
- Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria;
- International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), Brighton, United Kingdom.
Sept. 2019 – May 2022: Research Associate
- Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria;
- Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, Vienna, Austria.
Oct. 2018 – Jul. 2019: Assistant Professor
- European University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
Other positions: Non-academic professional job positions in the job market, such as marketing and sales consultancy (2014-2018 in Milan), and tax consultancy with focus on Transfer Pricing and Corporate Tax (2022-2023 in Vienna).
Present position: Postdoctoral research associate as of November 1st, 2023, in the Chair of Public Finance, Freie Universität Berlin.
Summer Term 2024
- Lecture Economics of Taxation (Bachelor)
- Seminar Research Topics in International Business Taxation (Master, PhD)
- Tutorial Optimal Taxation (Master)
- Tutorial Economics of Taxation (Bachelor)
International Economics:
- International Investments
- International factor movements and international business
- International Agreements and Observance
Public Economics:
- Business Taxes and Subsidies
- Tax evasion and avoidance
- Tax incidence
- Interjurisdictional differentials and their effects
Industrial Organization:
- Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
Law and Economics:
- Tax Law
(1) Shehaj, P., Weichenrieder, A.J. Corporate income tax, IP boxes and the location of R&D. Int Tax Public Finance (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-023-09812-x
(2) Shehaj, P., Zagler, M. Motor Vehicle Registration Taxes (MVRT) across EU countries: MNEs’ profitability and the role of market concentration. Eur J Law Econ 56, 155–198 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10657-023-09775-8
(3) Shehaj, Pranvera. (2021). The Alignment of Albania's Legislation with the EU Acquis: The Taxation of Cross-border Profit Distributions. European Taxation Journal v. 61, n. 2/3, 2021.
(4) Shehaj, Pranvera. (2020). The EU parent-subsidiary directive and the taxation of profits in Albania: blueprints for convergence. Diritto e Pratica Tributaria Internazionale. XVII (2), 627673. 2.
Working papers.
(1) Shehaj, Pranvera and Zagler, Martin (2023). Double tax treaties between countries with asymmetric investment flows: The role of the residence country’s taxation relief method on FDI into developing countries. International Centre for Tax and Development Working Paper Series. Available at https://www.ictd.ac/publication/asymmetric-double-tax-treaties-fdi-developing-countries/
(2) Shehaj, Pranvera (2022). Withholding taxes on dividends in developing countries: relief method and tax sparing in tax treaties with OECD member states. WU International Taxation Research Paper Series. Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4184615