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The development of corporate tax structures in the European Union from 1998 to 2015 - qualitative and quantitative analysis

Bräutigam, Rainer; Spengel, Christoph; Stutzenberger, … - 2017 - This version: August 2017

Ongoing tax reform processes, competitive pressures and the consequences of the financial and sovereign debt crisis have considerably shaped the tax systems of the Member States of the European Union in the last two decades. Our paper combines a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the...

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The use of SME tax incentives in the European Union

Bergner, Sören Martin; Bräutigam, Rainer; Evers, … - 2017

This paper discusses the impact and the appropriateness of tax incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union. First, we provide a survey of implemented tax incentives specifically targeted at SMEs in the 28 EU Member States. Building hereon, we measure the impact...

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Tax harmonisation in Europe : the determination of corporate taxable income in the EU member states

Oestreicher, Andreas (contributor); … - 2007

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we want to examine whether and if so, to what extent, the concept of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) meets the requirements of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) for the EU-wide activities of multinationals as proposed by...

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Efficieny losses from overlapping economic instruments in European carbon emissions regulation

Böhringer, Christoph (contributor); … - 2006

emission taxes and emissions trading in qualitative and quantitative terms within a partial equilibrium framework for the EU … domestic energy or carbon taxes will abate inefficiently much while other firms within the EU ETS will benefit from lower … international emission permit prices. The same logic disproves the argument that additional national emission taxes will reduce …

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Taxation and capital structure choice : evidence from a panel of German multinationals

Büttner, Thiess; Overesch, Michael; Schreiber, Ulrich; … - 2006

This paper analyzes the impact of taxes and lending conditions on the financial structure of multinationals’ foreign … from 1996 until 2003. In accordance with the theoretical predictions, the effect of local taxes on leverage is positive for …

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Efficient revenue sharing and upper level governments : theory and application to Germany

Büttner, Thiess (contributor); … - 2006

Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of...

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Wettbewerb der Steuersysteme in Europa : eine vergleichende Analyse am Beispiel der Region Oberrheingraben unter Einbeziehung aktueller Reformvorschläge

Eckerle, Tobias H. - 1997

Infolge der Globalisierung des Wettbewerbs und verstärkter Maßnahmen zum Abbau von Handelsbarrieren in der Europäischen Union tritt die Bedeutung von Ländergrenzen für unternehmerische Handlungen zunehmend in den Hintergrund. Dies kann zu einem erhöhten Wettbewerb in Grenzgebieten führen....

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EU company taxation in case of a common tax base : a computer-cased calcualtion and comparison using the enhanced model of the European tax analyzer

Jacobs, Otto H.; Spengel, Christoph; Stetter, Thorsten; … - 2005

Within the EU the relation between financial and tax accounting will be significantly influenced by the regulation adopted in June 2002 that obliges all listed companies to prepare their consolidated accounts according to International Accounting Standards / International Financial Reporting...

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Transfer pricing of intrafirm sales as a profit shifting channel : evidence from German firm data

Overesch, Michael (contributor) - 2006

This paper investigates whether transfer pricing of intrafirm sales within multinationals represents an important channel of company tax planning. A simple theoretical model, considering profit shifting activities of a multinational company, is used to obtain empirical implications. The...

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Intergovernmental grants and public input provision : theory and evidence from Germany

Hauptmeier, Sebastian (contributor) - 2007

This paper uses a simple model of fiscal competition between local jurisdictions to analyse the impact of intergovernmental grants on the composition of public spending. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of ʺfiscal equalisationʺ coincides with a smaller overall...

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