This paper analyzes the impact of tax competition between two countries of unequal per-capita capital endownments on tax rates and efficiency when distorting wage, residence-based and source-based capital taxes (or any combination of two instruments) are available for governments. The national...

Should the realized risk premium be taxed or not? In a simple two asset portfolio model we analyze the optimal taxation rule when the economy faces aggregate risk. We show in an appropriate designed tax system, that the risk premium of the risky asset should be fully taxed if the households are...

This paper analyzes the choice of taxes and international information exchange by governments in a capital tax competition model. We explain situations where countries can choose tax rates on tax savings income and exchange information about the domestic savings of foreigners, implying that the...

This paper examines information sharing between governments in an optimaltaxation framework. We present a taxonomy of alternative systems of international capital-income taxation and characterize the choice of tax rates and information exchange. The model reproduces the conclusion of the...

In Deutschland steht wieder einmal eine große Steuerreform an. Zum Jahresbeginn 2001 soll das Steuersenkungsgesetz in Kraft treten, in dessen Zentrum grundlegende Änderungen bei der Einkommens- und Unternehmensbesteuerung stehen. Diese Steuerreform ist oft mit einer im internationalen...