In kurzem Abstand sind in den Jahren 2000 und 2003 große politische Initiativen gescheitert, die wichtigsten deutschen Gemeindesteuern, die Grund- und die Gewerbesteuer, zu reformieren. Die Studie fasst die diskutierten Reformmodelle zusammen und verweist auf die fortbestehende Notwendigkeit...

In kurzem Abstand sind in den Jahren 2000 und 2003 große politische Initiativen gescheitert, die wichtigsten deutschen Gemeindesteuern, die Grund- und die Gewerbesteuer, zu reformieren. Die Studie fasst die diskutierten Reformmodelle zusammen und verweist auf die fortbestehende Notwendigkeit...

Die Bundesregierung will im Rahmen einer Kommission zur Reform der Kommunalfinanzen auch die Gewerbesteuer überprüfen lassen. Dabei ist in der Kommission mit einer kontroversen Debatte zu rechnen, denn die Vorstellungen der Vertreter von Wirtschaft und Städten und Kommunen liegen weit...

This paper estimates the incidence of corporate taxes on wages using a 20-year panel of German municipalities. Administrative linked employer-employee data allows estimating heterogeneous worker and firm effects. We set up a general theoretical framework showing that corporate taxes can have a...

Because of endogeneity problems very few studies have been able to identify the incidence of corporate taxes on wages. We circumvent these problems by using an 11-year panel of data on 11,441 German municipalities' tax rates, 8 percent of which change each year, linked to administrative matched...

This paper estimates the incidence of corporate taxes on wages using a 20-year panel of German municipalities. Administrative linked employer-employee data allows estimating heterogeneous worker and firm effects. We set up a general theoretical framework showing that corporate taxes can have a...

Because of endogeneity problems very few studies have been able to identify the incidence of corporate taxes on wages. We circumvent these problems by using an 11-year panel of data on 11,441 German municipalities' tax rates, 8 percent of which change each year, linked to administrative matched...

This paper estimates the incidence of corporate taxes on wages using a 20-year panel of German municipalities. Administrative linked employer-employee data allows estimating heterogeneous worker and firm effects. We set up a general theoretical framework showing that corporate taxes can have a...