Tax competition for the mobile factor capital has led to a trend in many countries to levy lower taxes on interest income, often introducing differential taxation between interest and business income. In this study, we analyze the effect of such differential taxation on the debt ratio of firms....

In this study we investigate the impact of the thin capitalization rule (TCR), introduced in Germany in 2008, on firms' capital structure, investment and profitability. The identification of the causal effects is based on the escape clauses in the regulation using a difference-in-difference...

This study provides evidence on the causal impact of debt shiftingactivities of multinational companies (MNC) on their capital accumulation. The identification strategy exploits the corporate tax rate cut of 10%-points in Germany 2008 as a quasi-natural experiment. This reform reduced...

Am 1. Januar 2009 wurde in Deutschland die Abgeltungsteuer für Kapitalerträge eingeführt. Einkünfte aus Kapitalvermögen werden seitdem mit 25 Prozent Einkommensteuer zuzüglich Solidaritätszuschlag abgeltend besteuert. Der Steuerzahler kann weiterhin die Anwendung des alten Steuerrechts...

The standardization of corporate taxation has been a topic of debate for many years in the course of the increasingly progressive integration of European economies. Such a step would relieve the tax burden on cross-border companies and make tax minimization attempts by international companies...

Die Zinsschranke ist ein Instrument der Unternehmenssteuerreform 2008. Sie soll verhindern, dass international agierende Unternehmen ihre Gewinne über Fremdfinanzierung ins Ausland verlagern. Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Untersuchung sprechen dafür, dass multinationale Unternehmen...

Deutschland besitzt seit 1994 eine Regelung, die der Gewinnverlagerung multinationaler Konzerne mittels interner Fremdfinanzierung einen Riegel vorschieben soll. Trotz Nachbesserungen in den Jahren 2001 und 2004 war diese nach den bisherigen empirischen Untersuchungen wenig effektiv und...

Abstract This paper provides a brief review of the academic literature that assesses the quantitative importance of tax avoidance behaviour of multinational entities (MNEs) by means of income shifting from high-tax to low-tax affiliates. Existing studies unanimously report evidence in line with...

This article investigates whether the institution of life-time tenure for public sector workers affects the selection of workers into private and public sector occupations. Precisely, we argue that more generous employment protection for public sector workers may induce risk averse individuals...

K<sc>oh</sc> H.-J. and R<sc>iedel</sc> N. Assessing the localization pattern of German manufacturing and service industries: a distance-based approach, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper assesses the agglomeration pattern of four-digit industries in Germany using a rich data set on the population of German firms. To...