Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden auf Basis des deutschen Taxpayer-Panels für die Jahre 2001 bis 2006 erstmals mittels des in der Literatur derzeit als Standard angesehenen Ansatzes Einkommenselastizitäten für Deutschland in mehreren Jahresvergleichen ermittelt. Zur Identifikation des Einflusses...

On the basis of an empirical analysis we discuss two alternative criterions to quantify distribu-tional effects of the income tax cut enforced by the former German red-green-government. Distributional effects can be measured by the impact of a tax reform either on the distribution of income or...

On the basis of a substantial reduction of the corporate tax rate and the introduction of a preferential tax rate for retained profits for partnerships German tax reform act 2008 aims to improve the attractiveness of Germany for investment purposes. Furthermore a final withholding tax at a rate...