Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...

Due to its overwhelming significance among taxes on earnings in the agricultural and forestry sector, the analyses are primarily concentrated on the international comparison of effective income tax burden in the selected EU Member States as well as Canada, the United States and Japan. In this...

Über die Methoden, die in anderen Industriestaaten bei der Steuerschätzung angewandt werden, ist in Deutschland sehr wenig bekannt. Es gibt weder einschlägige Literatur, noch findet ein Informationsaustausch zwischen den Steuerschätzern der einzelnen Staaten statt. Um die bestehende...