The taxation of bequests has long been and still is subject to intensive discussions in many industrialized countries. Triggered by these discussions, Verena Kley analyzes the taxation of bequests from economic perspectives, focusing on wealth transfers of very rich individuals. Given empirical...

Introduction -- A Brief Survey of the Literature -- The Closed Economy: The Solow Model -- Overlapping Generations -- Infinite Horizon -- The Small Open Economy: The Solow Model -- Overlapping Generations -- Two Countries: The Solow Model -- Synopsis -- Conclusion -- Result

Spatial Monopsony -- Simple Static Monopsony -- Short-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Long-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Spatial Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap -- Spatial Monopsony and Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap -- Dynamic Monopsony -- Simple Dynamic Monopsony -- A General Equilibrium...

Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...

Today, the most pressing challenges for public economics are of macroeconomic nature: pensions, debt, income distribution, and fiscal sustainability. All these problems are compounded by the phenomenon of demographic transition and aging. This graduate textbook addresses these issues with the...

Ein ganz wesentlicher Beratungsschwerpunkt beim Unternehmenskauf liegt im Steuerrecht und ist eng mit den gesellschaftsrechlichen Umsetzungsschritten verbunden. Das Werk zeigt alle wichtigen Ablaufschritte vom Letter of Intent bis zum rechtsgeschäftlichen Übergang der Gesellschaft auf und geht...

Scott Donaldson, Stanley Siegel and Gary Donaldson interview many of the world's most influential chief technology officers in CTOs at Work, offering a brand-new companion volume to the highly acclaimed elite At Work books including Coders at Work, CIOS at Work and Venture Capitalists at Work....

· Theoretische Betrachtung von Versicherung durch Familie, Markt und Staat -- Historische Entwicklung wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Versicherung in Deutschland -- Versicherung und Umverteilung in Deutschland und Großbritannien -- Versicherung vs. Arbeitsanreize in Deutschland. .