Tax expenditures are granted for a variety of purposes in Germany. The paper presents data on the extent and the structure of the tax expenditures in the period 2005 to 2012. Tax expenditures will be reduced somewhat in the period 2005–2012. They should be cut further in order to increase...

Tax expenditures are granted for a variety of purposes in Germany. They were significantly reduced in December 2003. After the general election in 2005, additional reductions of the tax expenditures were decided upon; however, new measures were introduced, too. The paper presents data on the...

Tax expenditures are granted for a variety of purposes in Germany. They were significantly reduced in December 2003. After the general election in 2005, additional reductions of the tax expenditures were decided upon; however, new measures were introduced, too. The paper presents data on the...

Tax expenditures are granted for a variety of purposes in Germany. The paper presents data on the extent and the structure of the tax expenditures in the period 2003 to 2010. Tax expenditures were reduced somewhat in the period 2003–2006. However, they increased again thereafter

Tax expenditures are granted for a variety of purposes in Germany. They will be reduced by measures decided upon in December 2003. The paper addresses the problems arising when tax expenditures are to be defined and measured. The extent and the structure of the tax expenditures in the period...

Die Zeiten der hohen Wachstumsraten in der Abfallentsorgung dürften vorbei sein. Die Nachfrage nach Entsorgungsleistungen wird stärker von der Umweltpolitik als von der allgemeinen Konjunkturentwicklung beeinflusst. Die Turbulenzen im Zusammenhang mit der Einführung der Pfandpflicht auf...

Die Diskussion der klimapolitischen Ziele hat verschiedene Vorschläge zur CO2-Verminderung im Verkehrssektor hervorgebracht, unter anderem die Einführung einer Kfz-Steuer, deren Höhe sich am Schadstoffausstoß orientiert. Nach Ansicht von Wolfgang Ströbele, Universität Münster, " wurde es...