Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Wirkungen der Zinsbereinigung des Eigenkapitals auf das zu erwartende Steueraufkommen und auf den internationalen Steuerwettbewerb. Ausgangspunkt hierfür ist eine modelltheoretische Untersuchung des Zusammenhanges zwischen Kapitalmarktrenditen und...

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This paper addresses the question of how firms react to tax incentives in a formula apportionment (FA) tax regime. Under FA, the profits of all consolidated entities of a business group are summed and then allocated according to a formula based on FA factors. We hypothesize that firms may change...

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