On 3 June 2020, the German government announced a temporary value added tax (VAT) rate reduction. VAT rates were reduced on 1 July 2020 and went back to their previous level on 1 January 2021. We study the price effects of the temporary VAT rate reduction using a web-scraped data set covering...

Am 1. April 1999 trat die erste Stufe der ökologischen Steuerreform in Kraft. Für die kurz zuvor ins Amt gekommene rot-grüne Bundesregierung war dieses Reformprojekt von großer programmatischer Bedeutung und politischer Brisanz. Die Grundidee: Umweltpolitische Lenkungsimpulse sollten mit...

The success of the flat rate tax in Eastern Europe suggests that this concept could also be a model for the welfare states of Western Europe. The present paper uses a simulation model to analyse the effects of revenue neutral flat rate tax reforms on equity and efficiency for the case of...

In this paper, we define a new class of richness measures. In contrast to the often used headcount, these new measures are sensitive to changes in rich persons' income and therefore allow for a more sophisticated analysis of richness. We demonstrate the application of these new measures to...

In diesem Forschungsprojekt werden verschiedene Möglichkeiten einer Neukonzeption der Vermögensbesteuerung diskutiert. Die Vermögensteuer soll auf die Einkommen- oder Körperschaftsteuer anrechenbar sein und damit als Mindestbesteuerung wirken. Eine Simulation der Aufkommens- und...

In this paper, we define a new class of richness measures. In contrast to the often used headcount, these new measures are sensitive to changes in rich person's income and therefore allow for a more sophisticated analysis of richness. We demonstrate the application of these new measures to...

The introduction of a flat tax is supposed to have several advantages. Administration and compliance costs are reduced, as well as incentives for tax evasion. Furthermore, positive employment and growth effects are expected. Despite these advantages, a flat rate tax is not very popular in most...