Matthew Collin is a nonresident fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings and a senior economist at the EU Tax Observatory. He is an Anglo-American economist whose research focuses on understanding the costs and benefits of policies aimed at reducing illicit financial flows, including money laundering and cross-border tax evasion.
Collin was previously a Rubenstein Fellow at Brookings. Before that, he worked in the World Bank as an economist in the Global Tax Team and as a Young Professional in the Human Development Chief Economist’s office. He has also previously held positions as a research fellow at the Center for Global Development and as an ODI Fellow in the Ministry of Finance of Malawi.
He holds both a doctoral degree in economics and a master’s in economics for development from the University of Oxford and a bachelor’s in mathematics and economics from Clemson University.
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Current Positions
- Senior Economist, EU Tax Observatory
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Past Positions
- Economist, World Bank
- David M. Rubenstein Fellow, The Brookings Institution (2020-2021)
- Economist, World Bank (2019)
- Young Professional, World Bank (2016-2018)
- Research Fellow, Center for Global Development Europe (2015-2016)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Global Development Europe (2014)
- Research Officer, Centre for the Study of African Economics (2013-2014)
- Economist/Budget Officer, Ministry of Finance, Malawi (2006-2008)
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Education
- DPhil in economics, University of Oxford
- MSc in economics for development, University of Oxford
- BA in mathematical sciences and economics, Clemson University