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The political cconomy of corporate tax harmonization : why do European politicians (dis)like minimum tax rates?

Osterloh, Steffen (contributor); … - 2008

Setting minimum tax rates is a well discussed way of mitigating pressure from tax competition. This paper investigates which motives shape the support for a minimum corporate tax among politicians. We make use of a unique data base: a survey among members of the European parliament. Our results...

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Total costs and budgetary effects of adaptation to climate change : an assessment for the European Union

Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2010

Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...

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Designing emissions trading in practice general considerations and experiences from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)

Heindl, Peter; Löschel, Andreas - 2012

This paper deals with designing emissions trading in practice. After a short introduction to the general idea of emissions trading, practical requirements for the introduction of an emissions trading scheme are considered, including the temporal and spatial dimension as well as administrative...

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Did the introduction of the euro lead to money illusion? : empirical evidence from Germany

Bittschi, Benjamin; Duppel, Saskia - 2015

Using the introduction of the euro as a natural experiment, we provide economy-wide evidence for money illusion based on declared donations from German administrative income tax data. Our results suggest a magnitude of the money illusion effect between 2.4% and 7.6%. Compared to previous studies...

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Carbon management : evidence from case studies of German firms under the EU ETS

Heindl, Peter; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes - 2012

This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) based on six structured in-depth interviews with managers of firms from different industries and based on survey data. The paper sheds light on management and trading...

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The German labour market reforms in a European context : a DSGE analysis

Fries, Claudia; Seymen, Atılım - 2013

While a widespread consensus exists among macroeconomists that the German labour market reforms in 2003-2005 have successfully contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate, critics claim that the reforms led to wage restraint and consequently consumption dampening accompanied by...

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Grenzen und Reichweiten nationaler Innovationssysteme und forschungspolitische Implikationen

Spielkamp, Alfred - 1997

Die vorliegenden Überlegungen sind darauf gerichtet, die Ideen und wesentlichen Gedanken Nationaler Innovationssysteme aufzugreifen und in den Kontext einer wissensbasierten Ökonomie zu stellen. Neben den Akteuren oder Spielern geht es um die Regeln und Funktionsmechanismen und schließlich...

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The effective average tax burden in the European Union and the USA : a computer-based calculation and comparison with the model of the European tax analyzer

Jacobs, Otto H.; Spengel, Christoph - 1999

In this paper we present a computer-based model (so-called European Tax Analyzer) for the international computation and comparison of company tax burdens. The methodology follows the forward-looking concepts for the measurement of effective average tax rates (EATR) on the basis of a model-firm....

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Effective marginal tax rates for US investors in Germany and Europe : an analysis of recent tax reforms in Germany

Spengel, Christoph - 1999

In this paper the impact of the corporate tax systems of the 15 EU-member states on the investment and the financing decision of an US multinational corporation is analysed. The calculation of the resulting effective marginal tax rates (EMTR) closely follow the model of King and Fullerton. There...

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Effektive Steuerbelastung der grenzüberschreitenden Geschäftstätigkeit nach den Vorschlägen zur Reform der Unternehmensbesteuerung

Spengel, Christoph - 2000

Das Steuersenkungsgesetz stellt das größte Reformvorhaben auf dem Gebiet der direkten Steuern in Deutschland seit der … internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Unternehmen am Standort Deutschland, Stärkung der Attraktivität des Standorts Deutschland für … (King-Fullerton-Ansatz) für Deutschland und die übrigen EU-Mitgliedstaaten brachte folgende Ergebnisse. Die Reform erfüllt …

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