This paper explores whether corporate tax bias toward debt finance differs between banks and nonbanks,using a large panel of micro data. On average, it finds that there is no significant difference. The marginal tax effect for both banks and non-banks is close to 0.2. However, the responsiveness...

Die effektive Steuerbelastung von Kapitalgesellschaften ist in den EU-Beitrittsstaaten deutlich geringer als inDeutschland. Aus steuerlicher Sicht stellen Lettland, Litauen, Zypern, die Slowakei und Polen die attraktivstenStandorte dar. Im Durchschnitt aller zehn Beitrittsstaaten beläuft sich...

An important source of concern about corporation tax regimes within the European Union is the extent to which differences in regimes between member states generate production inefficiency. This paper analyzes the tax regimes in the 15 EU member states. It identifies the extent to which they...

As the number of multinational enterprises increases, the number of transactions between entities be-longing to the same multinational group rises as well. Intercompany transactions generally offer the opportunity to shift income from one jurisdiction to the other. Income shifting can be driven...