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

Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically...

Discusses whether the Basic Income Guarantee could offer an alternative to both laissez-faire and existing welfare systems in developed countries - often criticized by both advocates and critics of laissez-faire - thus opening a constructive dialog in policy discussion.

Overview -- Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare: Social Welfare and Income Distributions -- Inequality and Poverty Indexes -- Welfare and Efficiency: Inequality, Efficiency, and the Production Sphere -- Efficiency and Welfare -- Information Incentives and Performance -- Summary Example and...

Das Werk beantwortet alle wichtigen Fragestellungen zur Besteuerung von Kapitalerträgen im Privatvermögen. Es zeichnet sich durch seinen hohen Praxisbezug, viele Fallbeispiele sowie einen Frage-Antwort-Katalog zu jedem Kapitel aus. Die neue Auflage 4 wurde aktualisiert und um die Thematik der...

Ertragsarten, Steuerpflicht und Kapitalertragsteuerabzug -- Kirchensteuerabzug -- Veräußerungsgewinne und -verluste -- Pauschale Besteuerung von Kapitalerträgen -- Fondsbesteuerung -- Abstandnahme vom KESt-Abzug / Befreiungstatbestände -- Verlustverrechnung und Quellensteueranrechnung --...