Roel Dom
Roel Dom is a Research Fellow at Bruegel. He specialises in public finance and international development.
He covers tax policy, fiscal policy, European Union budget revenues and debt sustainability, as well as international development, in particular European relations with lower-income countries.
He speaks English, Dutch and French.
Roel is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Antwerp. Before joining Bruegel, he held various positions in policy and research, including as a Policy Advisor to Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. Prior to that, he was an Economist at the World Bank, which he joined as a Young Professional, a Research Fellow at the International Centre for Tax and Development and an Economist at the Overseas Development Institute. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham.
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Featured work
Tax, sovereignty and the EU
How will Europe manage the collision of money, politics and global reform?
How the global minimum tax amendments could reshape Europe’s tax incentives
This analysis offers estimates for EU countries of the possible impact of the ‘safe harbour’ update to the global minimum tax on corporate profits
Is EU tax advice steering reform, or just tracking political moods?
Shifting priorities, slow progress: an analysis of EU tax recommendations
EU tax advice has broadened to new objectives, yet uneven implementation highlights the limits of soft coordination
All work
Podcast
04 February 2026
Tax, sovereignty and the EU
How will Europe manage the collision of money, politics and global reform?
Analysis
14 January 2026
How the global minimum tax amendments could reshape Europe’s tax incentives
This analysis offers estimates for EU countries of the possible impact of the ‘safe harbour’ update to the global minimum tax on corporate profits
Newsletter
01 December 2025
Working paper
27 November 2025
Shifting priorities, slow progress: an analysis of EU tax recommendations
EU tax advice has broadened to new objectives, yet uneven implementation highlights the limits of soft coordination
First Glance
22 July 2025
CORE concerns: why a turnover-based levy is wrong for the EU budget
A plan to raise EU revenues from companies benefitting from the single market would create risks and distortions, and should be withdrawn
Working paper
18 July 2025
The European single market: restarting the perpetual revolution
Boosting the EU single market needs stronger rule enforcement and targeted harmonisation, especially in services and regulated professions
Blueprint
10 July 2025
First Glance
11 June 2025
Boosting EU budget revenues with a defence spending shortfall levy
The European Union’s defence spending laggards could be asked to pay more into the common budget
External publication
24 March 2025
Effective Tax Rates, Firm Size and the Global Minimum Tax
New facts on corporate taxation and the revenue potential of corporate minimum taxes, leveraging firm-level tax returns from 16 countries
Event
06 March 2025
Prospects for reducing sovereign debt while tackling ongoing crises
In order to tackle the high rates of sovereign debt decisive action is needed. How likely are the needed adjustments and how can we achieve them?