This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions andinterregional migration are endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wagesand higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are disproportionallyskilled. The brain drain from the poor to...

This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are disproportionally skilled. The brain drain from the poor...

In den USA wird schon seit langem eine Eigenheimpolitik betrieben, die es breiten Bevölkerungsschichten ermöglichen soll, Wohneigentum zu erwerben. Dabei spielte weniger eine direkte Förderung sondern zunehmend eine Deregulierung des Hypothekenkreditmarktes eine Rolle. Die eher skeptische...

Das deutsche Mehrwertsteuersystem steht in Wissenschaft und Politik in der Kritik. Vor allem die ermäßigten Sätze werden in Hinblick auf Besteuerungsbasis und Inzidenz debattiert. Zu ihrer Rechtfertigung werden verteilungspolitische Gründe genannt. Ob diese stichhaltig sind, untersuchen die...

Thin capitalization rules limit firms' ability to deduct internal interest payments from taxable income, thereby restricting debt shifting activities of multinational firms. Since multinational firms can limit their tax liability in several ways, regulation of debt shifting may have an impact on...

In this paper we analyze the structure of contest equilibria with a variable number of individuals. First we analyze a situation where the total prize depends on the number of agents and where every single agent faces opportunity costs of investing in the contest. Second we analyze a situation...

This paper reviews the recent theoretical literature that analyses the European Union'spolicy to eliminate preferential corporate tax regimes and the proposal to introduce aconsolidated EU tax base with formula apportionment for the taxation of multinationalfirms. Since neither proposal includes...

The issue of capital tax competition in source-based capital taxes is viewed to be unproblematic if residence-based capital taxation exists. The sustainability, however, of residence-based capital taxation depends on the co-operation of source countries to assist in collecting tax revenues that...