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Taxing investments in the Asia-Pacific region : the importance of cross-border taxation and tax incentives
Wiedemann, Verena; Finke, Katharina - 2015
This paper investigates the taxation of investments in the Asia-Pacific region. Our analysis is based on the methodology of Devereux and Griffith (1999, 2003) for determining effective average tax rates. This approach allows us to account for important national and international tax regulations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010482085
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Contestability, technology and banking
Corvoisier, Sandrine (contributor); Gropp, Reint (contributor) - 2009
Entwicklungen in Informationstechnologie beeinflussen Banken auf zwei verschiedene Arten. Erstens, Informationstechnologie kann die Kosten von Banken reduzieren, indem sie auf Papier basierende, arbeitsintensive Prozeduren automatisiert. Zweitens, sie verändert möglicherweise die Art und Weise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806195
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Tax harmonisation in Europe : the determination of corporate taxable income in the EU member states
Oestreicher, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2007
The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we want to examine whether and if so, to what extent, the concept of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) meets the requirements of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) for the EU-wide activities of multinationals as proposed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480047
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Nachgelagerte Besteuerung privater Altersvorsorgeaufwendungen : Auswirkungen auf die Alterseinkommen ausgewählter Haushaltstypen
Westerheide, Peter (contributor) - 2007
Gegenstand ist die Untersuchung der Auswirkungen der privaten, staatlich geförderten Altersvorsorge (Riester-Rente) auf die Alterseinkommen und die Konsummöglichkeiten im Alter nach Wohnkosten. Zu diesem Zweck wurde ein Simulationsmodell entwickelt, dass die Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung von...
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Efficieny losses from overlapping economic instruments in European carbon emissions regulation
Böhringer, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2006
emission taxes and emissions trading in qualitative and quantitative terms within a partial equilibrium framework for the EU … domestic energy or carbon taxes will abate inefficiently much while other firms within the EU ETS will benefit from lower … international emission permit prices. The same logic disproves the argument that additional national emission taxes will reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003302739
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Taxation and capital structure choice : evidence from a panel of German multinationals
Büttner, Thiess; Overesch, Michael; Schreiber, Ulrich; … - 2006
This paper analyzes the impact of taxes and lending conditions on the financial structure of multinationals’ foreign … from 1996 until 2003. In accordance with the theoretical predictions, the effect of local taxes on leverage is positive for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003380554
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Efficient revenue sharing and upper level governments : theory and application to Germany
Büttner, Thiess (contributor);  … - 2006
Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301132
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Steady-state labor supply elasticities : a survey
Bargain, Olivier; Peichl, Andreas - 2013
Previous reviews of static labor supply estimations concentrate mainly on the evidence from the 1980s and 1990s, Anglo-Saxon countries and early generations of labor supply modeling. This paper provides a fresh characterization of steady-state labor supply elasticities for Western Europe and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194452
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Wettbewerb der Steuersysteme in Europa : eine vergleichende Analyse am Beispiel der Region Oberrheingraben unter Einbeziehung aktueller Reformvorschläge
Eckerle, Tobias H. - 1997
Infolge der Globalisierung des Wettbewerbs und verstärkter Maßnahmen zum Abbau von Handelsbarrieren in der Europäischen Union tritt die Bedeutung von Ländergrenzen für unternehmerische Handlungen zunehmend in den Hintergrund. Dies kann zu einem erhöhten Wettbewerb in Grenzgebieten führen....
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Higher taxes, more evasion? : evidence from border differentials in TV license fees
Berger, Melissa; Fellner-Röhling, Gerlinde; … - 2015
This paper studies the evasion of TV license fees in Austria. We exploit border differentials to identify the effect of fees on evasion. Comparing municipalities at the low- and high-fee side of state borders reveals that higher fees trigger significantly more evasion. The central estimate from...
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