Dieses Papier untersucht die Ausgestaltung der deutschen Einkommensteuer und die neuen Regelungen der letzten Steuerreformen (1999, 2000) hinsichtlich ihrer Wirkungen auf das zu Grunde liegende Besteuerungssystem. Es wird gezeigt, daß die umfassende Einkommensermittlung bei Privatpersonen nur...

We show in a two-period world with endogenous savings and two assets, one of them exhibiting a stochastic return that an interest adjusted income tax is optimal. This tax leaves a safe component of interest income tax free and taxes the excess return with a special tax rate. There is no trade...

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...

We study how harmonization of corporate tax systems affects the stability of international cartels. We show that tax base harmonization reinforces collusive agreements, while harmonization of corporate tax rates may destabilize or stabilize cartels. We also find that bilateral and full...