The paper surveys the characteristics of the common European VAT system, proposed by the EU-Commission to overcome the weaknesses of the transitional European VAT system, which was enacted in 1993 and is still in force. We argue that a harmonized VAT rate will generate substantial costs for EU...

It is a widely acknowledged result of the literature on capital tax competition that underprovision of public goods can only be avoided if tax coordination between governments is intensive and residence-based capital taxation can be enforced. In this paper we use a model where commodity and...

Das Papier gibt einen Überblick über den ökonomischen Befund und die steuerpolitischen Empfehlungen des Ruding Komitees zur Körperschaftsbesteuerung im Europäischen Binnenmarkt. Die Beurteilung der Ausgangssituation durch das Ruding Komitee wird alternativen Sichtweisen und eigenen Analysen...

Das Papier gibt einen Überblick über den ökonomischen Befund und die steuerpolitischen Empfehlungen des Ruding Komitees zur Körperschaftsbesteuerung im Europäischen Binnenmarkt. Die Beurteilung der Ausgangssituation durch das Ruding Komitee wird alternativen Sichtweisen und eigenen Analysen...

The paper discusses the main arguments for destination- versus origin-based commodity taxation in the European Community's Internal Market. Destination-based solutions necessarily distort commodity trade in the Community because final con-sumer purchases can only be taxed in the origin country....

There is little doubt that the step towards a monetary union in Europe will increase both the distortionary effects of existing differences in national tax systems and the intensity of tax competition for internationally mobile commodity and factor tax bases. This paper discusses selected issues...