Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequalityand poverty indices make it possible to disentangle and quantify the relative effect of taxbenefitpolicy changes, compared to all other effects including shifts in the distribution ofmarket income. Using...

How great an effect does the structure of income taxes have on women´s labour marketparticipation? This issue is investigated using a discrete choice static labour supply model formarried couples in Ireland. The model incorporates fixed costs of working and simultaneouslyexplains participation...

We estimate the elasticity of corporate taxable income with respect to the effectivecorporate tax rate on the basis of a pseudo-panel constructed from corporate tax return microdata for the period 1998-2001, a period which saw the introduction of a major corporate taxreform in Germany....

In Germany, the tax loss carry-forward of corporations significantly increased over the lastdecade. At the same time only a small percentage of losses have been effectively offset. Onepotential reason for this puzzle is that stricter loss offset restrictions have been introduced inrecent years....

Der vorliegende Beitrag widmet sich der Frage, ob der bei der objektivierten Unternehmensbewertungvom IDW bisher verwendete typisierte Ertragsteuersatz i.H.v. 35 % sachgerechtermittelt worden und dessen Verwendung noch angemessen ist. Beim typisierten Ertragsteuersatzdes IDW handelt es sich um...

This paper extends behavioural microsimulation modelling so that third round effectsof a policy change can be simulated. The first round effects relate to fixed hoursof work, while second round effects allow for changes in desired hours of work atunchanged wages. These allow for endogenous...

Vortrag anläßlich des 12. Wirtschaftsforums Berlin "Finanz- und Börsenplatz Berlin - Aufbruch zu neuen Zielen?", Vortragsfolien mit Kurzkommentierung.[...]

In the early 1990s, a consensus emerged among the leading experts in the field of small and micro business finance. It is based on three elements: The focus of projects should be on improving the entire financial sector of a given developing country; a commercial approach should be adopted,...

Zur Finanzierung von Investitionsvorhaben sind Unternehmen im allgemeinen auf die Zuführung von Kapital durch externe Kapitalgeber angewiesen. Finanzierungsbeziehungen zwischen den Unternehmen als Nachfrager nach Kapital und den Investoren als Anbieter von Kapital können grundsätzlich auf...

Information asymmetries make it difficult for banks to assess accurately whetherspecific entrepreneurs are able and/or willing to repay their loans. This leads toimplicit interest rate ceilings, i.e. banks “refuse” to increase their interest ratesbeyond this ceiling as this would lower their...