We study the effect of tax policy on stock market returns in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom using GARCH models and a unique daily dataset of legislative tax changes during the period 1 December 1978 to 31 January 2018. We find that days of discretionary tax legislation during...

Analysen zur Struktur und der Verteilung eines Phänomens benötigen vor allem Mikrodaten, also Daten der individuell Betroffenen. Wir wollen in unserem vorliegenden Beitrag eine neue mächtige Mikrodatenquelle für Einkommensanalysen vorstellen, die Einkommensteuerstatistik mit anonymisierten...

Analysen zur Struktur und der Verteilung eines Phänomens benötigen vor allem Mikrodaten, also Daten der individuell Betroffenen. Wir wollen in unserem vorliegenden Beitrag eine neue mächtige Mikrodatenquelle für Einkommensanalysen vorstellen, die Einkommensteuerstatistik mit anonymisierten...

In this paper we empirically derive the welfare effects of a shift from joint taxation with full income splitting to a revenue neutral system of individual taxation in Germany. For the empirical welfare evaluation we estimate the preference heterogeneity in the population and use normative...

The German Income Tax Reform 2000, which announced a reduction in income tax rates to be implemented in a series of three stages, was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashing lurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001 a dispute arose, centering around the...

This paper shows how to evaluate investment projects in transparently taxed partnerships and individual enterprises. After the German income tax reform 2008, there is an option for taxing retained earnings at a flat rate of 28.25 %‚ followed by a second taxation in the year of withdrawal. This...

We study the effect of tax policy on stock market returns in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom using GARCH models and a unique daily dataset of legislative tax changes during the period 1 December 1978 to 31 January 2018. We find that days of discretionary tax legislation during...

This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...