Für einen internationalen Vergleich der Steuerbelastung ist eine differenzierte Betrachtung der effektiven steuerlichen Belastung nach Gruppen von Steuerpflichtigen von Interesse. Auf Basis des europäischen Mikrosimulationsmodells EUROMOD zeigt diese Studie, dass die effektive Belastung der...

Tax burden is one of the important determinants in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). In the case of Vietnam, the tax burden is considered a powerful tool that Vietnam has used to create a competitive advantage compared to other countries in the area to attract FDI flows. In addition to...

Im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl haben die Parteien ihre Pläne zum Einkommensteuertarif und zur Besteuerung der Kapitaleinkünfte vorgelegt. Während die Regierungsparteien Entlastungen im mittleren und höheren Einkommensbereich über einen Abbau der kalten Progression vorschlagen, wollen die...

Die CDU/CSU schlägt in ihrem Wahlprogramm unter dem Stichwort Familiensplitting vor, das Kindergeld um 35 Euro pro Monat zu erhöhen und den Kinderfreibetrag auf die Höhe des Grundfreibetrags für Erwachsene anzuheben. Dies würde nach Berechnung des DIW Berlin Familien mit Kindern...

This paper aims to provide a frame of mind to understand the link between structural change and regional unemployment, and, based on it, to survey the most recent literature. An overly optimistic view on the ability of the adjustment mechanism to generate convergence in local unemployment rates...

During the last decades, several countries worldwide have introduced financial management reforms, as an important part of the New Public Management (NPM) initiative at one or more levels of government sector, by either replacing or transforming their traditional budgetary cash accounting...

This paper will demonstrate what china was doing, is doing and will do for its economic expansion during and after global crisis. Many thoughts and theories about Chinese economic reforms are analyzed. The road map and goal of Chinese economic growth are examined and outlined in this paper. How...

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the volume of the Non-Observed Economy (NOE) in Portugal, by estimating, based on MIMIC models (multiple indicators multiple causes), its path in the period 1977-2008. On the one hand, given the influence of the tax burden, the burden of...

In this paper I examine a taxpayer utility function determined by the extended set of variables - i.e. consumption, labor and tax-evasion propensity. This constitutes the main framework for the analysis of taxpayer's decision making process under assumption that in the economy there exist two...

This research is designed to help government and tourism policy-makers evaluate the efficiency and consequences of the Greek taxation system on maritime tourism. The tax revenues generated by the taxes and dues imposed by the state are measured using the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA). Tax...