Die Einführung der Zinsschranke im Zuge der Unternehmensteuerreform 2008 hat für rege Diskussionen in Theorie und Praxis darüber gesorgt, wie viele Unternehmen vom Zinsabzugsverbot überhaupt betroffen sind und in welchem Umfang. Die vorliegende Arbeit nimmt nun, etwa sieben Jahre nach...

The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) recently proposed an interest barrier to fight tax base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). We use the introduction of such an interest deductibility restriction in Germany as a quasi-experiment and find significant corporate...

Empirische Untersuchungen zur Relevanz der Zinsschranke betrachten in der Regel lediglich Kapitalgesellschaften und bilden somit nur einen Bruchteil der potentiell betroffenen Unternehmen ab. Auf Basis eines umfangreichen balancierten Panels analysiere ich anhand von handelsrechtlichen...

The theoretical literature suggests that when taking tax effects into account, debt ought to be preferable to equity. However, there are no uniform predictions of the size of this tax benefit (tax shield) in comparison to an opposing increasing cost of debt (especially insolvency costs). The...

Credence goods markets - like for health care or repair services - with their informational asymmetries between sellers and customers are prone to fraudulent behavior of sellers and resulting market inefficiencies. We present the first model that considers both diagnostic uncertainty of sellers...

Credence goods markets are prone to fraudulent behavior and market inefficiencies due to informational asymmetries between sellers and customers. We examine experimentally the effects of diagnostic uncertainty and insurance coverage on the information acquisition and provision decisions by...

In markets for credence goods - such as health care or repair services - fraudulent behavior by better informed experts is a common problem. Our model studies how four common features shape experts' provision behavior in credence goods markets: (i) diagnostic uncertainty of experts; (ii)...