Die Finanzpolitik scheint endlich gewillt zu sein, eine Reform der Gewerbesteuer in Angriff zu nehmen. Der politische Kompromiss könnte auf eines der Annexsteuer-Modelle hinauslaufen, die erst in jüngerer Zeit entwickelt wurden. Wie unterscheiden sich diese Vorschläge von denen für eine...

A 1999 reform allowed Italian Mayors to partially substitute a more accountable source of tax revenue (the property tax) with a less transparent one (a surcharge on the personal income tax). Theoretical analysis suggests this should give incompetent Mayors a less costly way to hide themselves,...

Even before the pandemic, an ageing population, a potential over-reliance on corporation tax receipts and an inevitable decline in motor tax revenues combined to make the need for future tax rises likely. This paper examines a range of options that a government seeking to raise or replace tax...

The purpose of this paper is to assess whether politicians manipulate the timing of tax rate changes in a strategic way to maximize reelection prospects. To do so, we exploit the German local business tax as a testing ground which is set autonomously by German municipalities. As election dates...