In this study we investigate the impact of the thin capitalization rule (TCR), introduced in Germany in 2008, on firms' capital structure, investment and profitability. The identification of the causal effects is based on the escape clauses in the regulation using a difference-in-difference...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Wirkungen der Zinsbereinigung des Eigenkapitals auf das zu erwartende Steueraufkommen und auf den internationalen Steuerwettbewerb. Ausgangspunkt hierfür ist eine modelltheoreti-sche Untersuchung des Zusammenhanges zwischen Kapitalmarktrenditen und...

This paper is the first to use information from individual country-by-country (CbC) re-ports to assess the extent of profit shifting by multinational enterprises. Unlike other data often used to evaluate the extent of profit shifting and tax avoidance, CbC reports pro-vide a complete coverage of...

Nach Ansicht des bayerischen Finanzministers, Prof. Dr. Kurt Faltlhauser, muss der Druck (auf Bundesregierung und Europäische Kommission) erhöht werden, um notwendige Veränderungen voranzutreiben und die Steuerausfälle in Zukunft zu vermeiden. Zwar zeigten die bisherigen Maßnahmen gewisse...

Nach Ansicht des bayerischen Finanzministers, Prof. Dr. Kurt Faltlhauser, muss der Druck (auf Bundesregierung und Europäische Kommission) erhöht werden, um notwendige Veränderungen voranzutreiben und die Steuerausfälle in Zukunft zu vermeiden. Zwar zeigten die bisherigen Maßnahmen gewisse...

This paper analyses the relationship between corporate governance and tax avoidance. We use a regression discontinuity design (RDD) in a two-stage instrumental variable and take advantage of the exogenous variation in the index membership around the DAX and MDAX threshold. We suppose the...

This article deals with the decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union in September 2014 regarding the compatibility of inheritance taxation with the fundamental freedoms (Commission v. Spain (Case C-127/12) and Commission v. Germany (Case C-211/13)).The authors welcome the...

This paper analyses the relationship between corporate governance and tax avoidance. This study aims to highlight the wide-ranging effects of institutional investors, which channel into corporate policy. This analysis uses a regression discontinuity design (RDD) in a two-stage instrumental...

This article is focused on the Court's decision in Hornbach-Baumarkt (Case C-382/16) (Hornbach) which is an important clarification of the conditional compatibility of arm's length-based domestic transfer pricing legislation with the freedom of establishment. Hornbach follows and confirms the...

This paper investigates whether transfer pricing of intrafirm sales within multinationals represents an important channel of company tax planning. A simple theoretical model, considering profit shifting activities of a multinational company, is used to obtain empirical implications. The...