In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades. This book analyses both the political origins of this increase and its consequences for the labour market

In this innovative book the author examines the link between environmental, trade and industrial policies within an interregional setting. He models how regional governments, using tax rates on real capital and pollutant emissions, determine policies to favour their residents in terms of the...

This highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare. Societies face long-term phenomena, such as demographic change and climate change that impose costs and benefits far into...

This book discusses the impact of taxation on economic growth, employment, investment, consumption and the environment. The public finance literature commonly distinguishes between three major functions of taxation: the traditional function of raising revenue to finance government expenditure;...

This unique book in a relatively under-researched subject area will prove essential reading for academics, researchers and practitioners focusing on political economy, public finance and the economics of taxation

Examining the taxation and regulation of banks, this book highlights the views of practitioners, tax experts, policy makers and academics on the appropriateness and effectiveness of bank taxation in the light of the financial crisis. It covers the topical issues of whether the EU should...

Der Beitrag untersucht die Vorteilhaftigkeit der Investition in private Photovoltaik-Aufdachanlagen (PV-Anlagen). Die Förderung durch das Energieeinspeisegesetz(EEG) bei Einspeisung des selbsterzeugten Stroms in das öffentlicheStromnetz sowie die hohen Vergütungssätze für den Eigenverbrauch...

In diesem Beitrag werden die Effekte symmetrischer und asymmetrischer Besteuerungauf die Vorteilhaftigkeit erfolgsabhängiger und erfolgsunabhängiger Entlohnungsverträgeuntersucht. Dazu wird ein binäres Agency-Modell verwendet, in das eine proportionaleUnternehmenssteuer auf Ebene des...

In this paper we apply conjoint analysis to study the influence of changes in thetax rate and the tax base on the perceived tax burden. Our results show that themajority of individuals do not make rational tax decisions based on the actual taxburden, but rather use simple decision heuristics....

Dieser Beitrag untersucht, welche Anreize von asymmetrischer Besteuerung einerseits undvon Haftungsbeschränkungen andererseits für die optimale Risikowahl eines Unternehmensausgehen. Wir betrachten dabei eine risikobehaftete Investition, deren Risikogradwertrelevant verändert werden kann, so...