We evaluate the profitability of investments in residential property in Germany after unification with a focus on the comparison of East and West Germany. Calculations are carried out for (1) the after-tax return an investor might have expected at the beginning of the 1990s, and (2) the...

Tax planners often choose debt over equity financing. As this has led to increased corporate debtfinancing, many countries have introduced thin capitalization rules to secure their tax revenues. In ageneral capital structure model we analyze if thin capitalization rules affect dividend and...