Many countries with free trade zones or export processing zones now exempt from corporate income taxation the income of firms exporting from these areas. The WTO has attempted to eliminate this exemption through its rules to promote the non-discrimination of fiscal systems with respect to export...

Die seit 2008 geltende "Zinsschranke" begrenzt den Abzug des Zinsaufwands von der steuerlichen Bemessungsgrundlage bei hoher Fremdfinanzierung. Eine Abschätzung auf Grundlage von veröffentlichten handelsrechtlichen Jahresabschlüssen des Jahres 2006 ergibt 1 100 Unternehmen, die von der...

In der EU findet im Bereich der Unternehmensbesteuerung ein Steuerwettlauf zwischen den Mitgliedsländern statt, der für eine tendenzielle Erosion sowie für eine gewisse Konvergenz der Unternehmensbesteuerung sorgt. Neben den nominellen Steuersätzen gleichen sich auch andere Charakteristika...

In many countries entrepreneurship is promoted through tax reductions for small businesses and by various government support schemes. We analyze the effects of such policies to subsidize small businesses in a setting where both the risk-return characteristics of the selected innovation project...

Many governments promote small businesses for the dual reasons of fostering 'breakthrough' innovations and employment growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation project and on their mode of commercializing the...

11 European countries now operate IP Box regimes that provide substantially reduced rates of corporate tax for income derived from important forms of intellectual property. We incorporate these policies into forward-looking measures of the cost of capital, effective marginal tax rates and...