Das internationale Steuerrecht steht seit nunmehr längerer Zeit im besonderen Interesse der weltweiten Öffentlichkeit, da es multinationalen Unternehmen immer wieder gelingt, im erheblichen Umfang Steuerzahlungen zu vermeiden. Internationale Initiativen z.B. durch die OECD versuchen durch...

In Bezug auf die Gruppe der Superreichen dominiert in Deutschland die interessengetriebene Forschung und die darauf aufbauende Lobbyarbeit: Der Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht der Bundesregierung wird der gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung dieser Gruppe nicht gerecht, und die Forschung zur...

Die Weltkonjunktur hat sich im Verlauf des Jahres 2016 trotz erhöhter politischer Unsicherheit gefestigt, und zu Beginn dieses Jahres den Indikatoren zufolge nochmals beschleunigt. Der Regierungswechsel in den Vereinigten Staaten hat offenbar Hoffnungen auf kräftige wirtschaftspolitische...

Within the EU the relation between financial and tax accounting will be significantly influenced by the regulation adopted in June 2002 that obliges all listed companies to prepare their consolidated accounts according to International Accounting Standards / International Financial Reporting...

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we want to examine whether and if so, to what extent, the concept of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) meets the requirements of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) for the EU-wide activities of multinationals as proposed by...

The article assesses the impact of a Common Corporate Tax Base (CCTB) as promoted by the European Commission and the related Working Groups on the effective tax burdens of companies in all 27 EU member states. The results shall help to evaluate the economic consequences of introducing a...

Using panel data on the full population of corporate tax returns of Armenian firms, we study the behavioral response of firms to three size-dependent regulations. We find: i) a strong response to an accounting notch where International Financial Reporting Standards become mandatory; ii) a...

Using panel data on the full population of corporate tax returns from Armenia, we study behavioral responses of firms to three size-dependent regulations. We find: i) a strong response to an accounting notch where IFRS becomes mandatory; ii) a moderate response to an administrative notch below...

This paper discusses the current state of and issues related to corporate governance in America after the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. It suggests additional steps necessary to realize improvement in the ways in corporations govern themselves and regulators must operate to make the...

We present a theoretical and empirical analysis of the fitness of national German (German Commercial Code - Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB)) and international (IAS and US-GAAP) accounting information, as well as European patent data to explain the market values of German manufacturing firms. For the...