Die Arbeit analysiert die finanzpolitische Entwicklung der österreichischen Volkswirtschaft in den Jahren 1991 bis 1993. Neben einer gesamtwirtschaftlichen Betrachtung des öffentlichen Sektors sowie der Haushalte von Ländern, Gemeinden und Sozialversicherungsträgern bildet die Finanzpolitik...

In dem Papier wird gezeigt, daß eine allgemeine Güterbesteuerung nach dem Bestimmungslandprinzip mit länderweise verschiedenen, aber einheitlichen Steuersätzen in einer Mehrländerwelt äquivalent ist einem gemischten Steuersystem, bei dem die Länder einer Steuerunion untereinander nach dem...

The child tax allowance and the basic tax allowance of the German income tax system have been declared by the Federal Constitutional Court as too low and thus unconstitutional. Against this background this paper provides a survey of tax instruments in OECD countries which secure tax-exemption...

An optimal taxation approach is employed to discuss the interaction between factor and commodity taxes for a small open economy when both profit-earning firms and domestic consumers are imperfectly mobile internationally. In this framework, we demonstrate two main results: first, a...

This paper analyzes transfer pricing incentives under a destination-based and an origin-based VAT system. While a switch to the origin-based VAT may moderate or reinforce the incentive for transfer pricing induced by income tax differentials, we show that in the case of the EU this switch tends...

The paper discusses the main arguments for destination- versus origin-based commodity taxation in the European Community's Internal Market. Destination-based solutions necessarily distort commodity trade in the Community because final con-sumer purchases can only be taxed in the origin country....

The closing of tax loopholes is one important instrument for fiscal consolidation. We concentrate on the value added tax exemption of banking services in Germany. The potential tax revenue under full value added taxation cannot be estimated from national accounting data, as it is necessary to...