We analyse R&D tax incentives in a detailed way considering a multi-period setting and economic assumptions which reflect a realistic economic environment. We measure the incentive's impact on the firm's total tax payments and the R&D cost by means of the simulation model European Tax Analyzer....

Die Mitgliedstaaten der EUROPÄISCHEN UNION (EU) haben sich im Rahmen der Lissabon-Strategie das Ziel gesetzt, die Aufwendungen für Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) bis zum Jahr 2010 auf 3 % des Brutto - inlandsprodukts (BIP) zu erhöhen. Deutschland liegt mit einem Anteil der FuE-Aufwendungen...

The focus of this paper is on effects from tax incentives for research and development inputs (R&D) and corporate income tax on business R&D and patenting behaviour. First, we provide a theoretical discussion of tax planning with R&D and intellectual property (IP) ownership. Further, we employ...

We analyse Ramp;D tax incentives in a detailed way considering a multi-period setting and economic assumptions which reflect a realistic economic environment. We measure the incentive's impact on the firm's total tax payments and the Ramp;D cost by means of the simulation model European Tax...

The focus of this paper is on effects from tax incentives for research and development inputs (R&D) and corporate income tax on business R&D and patenting behaviour. First, we provide a theoretical discussion of tax planning with R&D and intellectual property (IP) ownership. Further, we employ...

The authors propose four economic principles for use in deciding taxing responsibilities for various levels of government. These are: 1) efficiency of the internal common market - for efficiency in internal common market, taxes on mobile factors and tradable goods should either be assigned to...