Die Finanzbeziehungen zwischen den staatlichen Ebenen brauchen eine neue Ordnung - hin zu mehr Entflechtung, mehr Transparenz und mehr Eigenverantwortung. Die Einkommensteuer bietet einen Ansatzpunkt, diese Ziele voranzutreiben. Als Gemeinschaftsteuer von Bund, Ländern und Gemeinden lässt sich...

Several recent studies suggest that equalizing transfers in a federal system may distort the tax policy decisions of states. We study this issue for the German federal fiscal system. In a simple theoretical model, we first identify a substitution and an income effect of equalizing transfers. Our...

Several recent studies suggest that equalizing transfers in a federal system may distort the tax policy decisions of states. We study this issue for the German federal fiscal system. In a simple theoretical model, we first identify a substitution and an income effect of equalizing transfers. Our...

Several recent studies suggest that equalizing transfers in a federal system may distort the tax policy decisions of states. We study this issue for the German federal fiscal system. In a simple theoretical model, we first identify a substitution and an income effect of equalizing transfers. Our...

In many federations, fiscal equalization schemes soften fiscal imbalances across the member states. Such schemes usually imply that the member states internalize only a small fraction of the additional tax revenue from an expansion of the state-specific tax bases, while the remainder of the...