This study deals with live and silent auctions of domain names. It develops a domain name appraisal model for decisions related to marketability, brand, traffic, industry e-commerce value trademark assessment. It focuses on ICANN NAF WIPO IRS type of resolution dispute cost benefit analysis and...

We measure internet bubbles to verify the existence and evaporation of the internet bubble in early 2000. Then, we compare investor responses to internet stocks with those to traditional stocks to find how the internet bubble formed. Empirical results confirm that the internet bubble existed...

Es gibt im bestehenden Steuersystem eine beträchtliche Anzahl von Einzelregelungen, die tendenziell ökologisch unerwünschtes Verhalten begünstigen. Das deutsche Steuersystem verfolgt praktisch keine ökologischen Ziele. Eine Analyse der Einzelregelungen ergab, daß zwar nur einige wenige,...

The use of neural networks has been slow in coming to the public sector. One promising area in which neural networks are likely to prove beneficial is in the area of revenue forecasting. A sales tax forecasting model is developed and compared to the actual collections for the State of Indiana....

The use of neural networks has been slow in coming to the public sector. One promising area in which neural networks are likely to prove beneficial is in the area of revenue forecasting. A sales tax forecasting model is developed and compared to the actual collections for the State of Indiana....

Conventional wisdom has it that the value-added tax is not a suitable instrument for lower-level jurisdictions (‘provinces’) in a federal system. The problems that arise when it is so used have become a serious constraint on the development of the VAT—and closer economic integration—in...

One area that has not been reviewed in developing countries is the growing focus on different segments of the taxpayer population-including the large taxpayers-as a way to encourage greater stability in public revenue flows, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of tax administration, and...

This paper revisits earlier studies on the determinants of tax amnesties. The novel findings are (i) amnesties are more likely to be declared during fiscal stress periods, and (ii) political factors significantly affect the introduction and timing of amnesties. In particular, the paper...