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We use information from the tax returns of U.S. multinational corporations to address three questions related to tax competition. First, does tax competition or company tax planning behavior better explain recent decreases in the local effective tax rates faced by U.S. multinationals investing...
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The goal of this paper is to examine the shape of the Laffer curve quantitatively in a simple neoclassical growth model calibrated to the US as well as to the EU-15 economy. We show that the US and the EU-15 area are located on the left side of their labor and capital tax Laffer curves, but the...
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Facing very modest GDP growth in Germany in 2001 and 2002, it is investigated if potential output will – as usually expected – grow by 1.5 to 2.0 percent until 2005. The incentives to work and to invest and their changes in the nineties are analyzed. Given the foreseeable changes of these...
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Company taxes and taxes on highly skilled labour both influence the attractiveness of a particular region as a location for investment. We measure the effective tax burden on capital investment and on highly qualified labour in 33 locations across Europe and the United States. We then correlate...
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In this paper we apply conjoint analysis as an empirical method to study the influence of tax labeling and tax earmarking on the perceived tax burden. As reference for the individual behavior we use the model of a rational utility maximizer described by the economic theory. We determine a...
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Bei einem Vergleich der nominalen Unternehmenssteuersätze liegt Deutschland in der internationalen Spitzengruppe. Wie kann diese steuerliche Belastung gesenkt und gleichzeitig den Anforderungen einer steuerlichen Gleichbehandlung aller Rechtsformen entsprochen werden?
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We apply conjoint analysis to study the influence of tax labeling and tax earmarking on German taxpayers' willingness to contribute. From a survey based sample we show that labeling and earmarking effects can substantially increase participants' willingness to contribute, which results in a...
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Im April dieses Jahres hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht die derzeit gültigen Vorschriften für die Bemessung der Grundsteuer für verfassungswidrig erklärt. Der Gesetzgeber wurde beauftragt, bis zum 31. Dezember 2019 eine Neuregelung zu treffen. Die Forschungsgruppe Steuer- und Finanzpolitik...
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