This dissertation was written by Johannes Pfeiffer while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in November 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the department of economics of the University Regensburg in December 2016. The thesis studies unintended...

Michael Stimmelmayr undertakes the intricate task of analyzing the outcome and especially the efficiency gains of capital income tax reforms. The simultaneous alteration of several tax rates will induce multiple economy wide repercussions, as firms and households change their optimal behaviour...