This book examines fiscal policy coordination in EMU and the required adjustments to national fiscal policies by EMU member states. The book shows that, in the process of Europeanization, national interests have had a major impact on the formation of fiscal policy coordination

This book studies the coexistence of inflation and unemployment in a monetary union. The focus is on how to reduce the associated loss. The primary target of the European central bank is low inflation in Europe. The primary target of the German government is low unemployment in Germany. And the...

Studies the interactions between monetary and wage policies in the euro area. This book discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. It also features numerical simulations of policy competition and numerical solutions to policy cooperation

Private Banking -- Empirische Untersuchung zu Hedgefonds-Investments im deutschen Private Banking -- Einordnung der Befragungsteilnehmer -- Rahmenbedingungen für Hedgefonds in Deutschland -- Liquiditätseigenschaften — Rücknahmefrist bei Dach-Hedgefonds -- Portfoliotheoretische Aspekte --...

Grundlagen -- Vorgaben an ein Verlustverrechnungssystem -- Bewertung des deutschen Verlustverrechnungssystems de lege lata -- Ansätze der Kommission zur Koordinierung bzw. Harmonisierung steuerlicher Vorschriften -- Verlustverrechnungssysteme ausgewählter Mitgliedstaaten --...

This book investigates the perceptions of political actors towards the creation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. The research is largely based on personal interviews conducted with key informants in central banks, finance ministries, employers' organizations and trade unions in...

This book explores how British and German business associations formed their political attitudes towards Economic and Monetary Union between 1988 and 1998. With provocative argument and unique insight, it demonstrates how business associations are political entities in their own right, acting...

Problemstellung -- Problemstellung -- Theoretische Grundlagen -- Steuerwirkung -- Steuerwettbewerb -- Investitionsneutrale Besteuerung -- Effektivsteuersätze -- Bekannte Definitionen -- Die Zusammenführung der Definitionen -- Vergleich der Definitionen -- Steuerbelastungsvergleich -- Empirie...

This book presents findings and results from the recent European Union Company survey of Operating hours, Working times and Employment (EUCOWE) in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The EUCOWE-project is the first standardised company survey covering all...

Gerechtigkeit, Neutralität und Effizienz der Besteuerung der staatlichen Alterssicherung -- Analyse der bilateralen Regelungen zur Besteuerung der staatlichen Alterssicherung -- Europarechtliche Anforderungen an die Besteuerung der staatlichen Alterssicherung -- Schlussbetrachtung und Ausblick.