This paper considers the implications of asymmetric information in capital markets for entrepreneurial entry and tax policy. In many countries, governments subsidize the creation of new firms. One possible justification for these subsidies is that capital markets for the financing of new firms...

This paper considers the implications of asymmetric information in capital markets for entrepreneurial entry and tax policy. In many countries, governments subsidize the creation of new firms. One possible justification for these subsidies is that capital markets for the financing of new firms...

Das vorliegende Gutachten untersucht die Auswirkungen einer Neuordnung des deutschen Ertragsteuersystems nach dem Vorschlag von Joachim Mitschke (2004) auf Steueraufkommen, Beschäftigung und Wirtschaftswachstum. Grundlage der Analyse ist das Steuer-Transfer-Simulationsmodell FiFoSiM des...

The economic literature often argues that basic income schemes and low wage subsidies to employees are just special cases of a negative income tax. In this debate, it is ignored that these concepts target different population subgroups. This paper investigates the different target groups and the...