Die neuen Beitrittsländer der EU besteuern ihre Unternehmen häufig deutlich unter dem Niveau der alten EU Länder. Insbesondere zur Besteuerung in Deutschland besteht ein großer Abstand. Ist die Forderung der Bundesregierung gerechtfertigt, den Steuerwettbewerb innerhalb der EU durch...

In line with the recent policy discussion on the use of macroprudential measures to respond to crossborder risks arising from capital flows, this paper tries to quantify to what extent macroprudential policies (MPPs) have been able to stabilize capital flows in Central, Eastern and Southeastern...

The paper looks at two aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. These are (i) the nature of this event and its implication for evaluating past policy and policy into the future, and (ii) the suitability of proposed changes in the implementation of competition policy affecting firm behaviour, market...