This paper analyzes the impact of corporate taxes on structural unemployment, using an applied general equilibrium model for the European Union. We find that the unemployment and welfare effects of corporate taxes differ considerably among European countries. The magnitude of these effects rise...

The recent US tax reform, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, lowered the statutory corporate income tax rates and brought other important changes for the taxation of multinational enterprises worldwide. This paper reviews these changes and discusses their effects for effective tax rates and tax...

This paper analyzes taxation of an Internet platform attracting users from different jurisdictions. When corporate income tax rates are different in the two jurisdictions, the platform distorts prices and outputs in order to shift profit to the low-tax country. We analyze the comparative statics...

Das Nebeneinander der 27 europäischen Steuersysteme verzerrt Standort-, Investitions- und Finanzierungsentscheidungen und behindert die grenzüberschreitende Geschäftstätigkeit von Unternehmen im Binnenmarkt. Diese Hindernisse beabsichtigt die Europäische Union durch die Einführung der...