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...

This paper empirically analyses whether both personal and corporate taxation have an impact on companies' capital structure decisions. We investigate the effect of the difference in taxation of debt and equity financing on capital structures. Our empirical results, based on a comprehensive panel...

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht anhand eines Wachstumsmodells die Entscheidungswirkungen der privaten Veräußerungsgewinnbesteuerung in verschiedenen Steuersystemen.Im Fall des Anteilshandels zwischen privaten Investoren induziert die Veräußerungsgewinnbesteuerung neben der...

Seit der Unternehmensteuerreform 2008/2009 haben sich die steuerlichen Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland im Grundsatz nicht geändert. Eine Analyse der deutschen Steuerpolitik in der laufenden Legislaturperiode zeigt, dass sich Änderungen lediglich auf die Beseitigung verfassungswidriger...

Der folgende Bericht beschreibt die bisherigen Ergebnisse der Forschungsarbeiten zum Projekt "Steuererhebungskosten". Ziel des empirisch orientierten Projektes ist es, mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden die Kosten der Erhebung von Ertragssteuer bei Unternehmen (Einkommensteuer von...

Under the Nordic dual income tax system, the taxpayer's total tax bill depends not only on his total income but also on the division of that income between capital income and labor income. This has created new room for tax avoidance, especially for active owners of (closed) corporations. For...

The book offers a comprehensive treatment of tax theory and policy. It surveys the German tax system, portrays tax history, and describes principles of tax administration and the construction of schedules. Tax shifting, optimal taxation theory, and questions of tax justice are considered in...

The paper presents data on the taxation of business income in the Federal Republic of Germany in the nineties. The government's plan to reform the System of taxing corporate and personal income is portrayed and assessed. It turns out that the reform proposal has numerous disadvantages; it is...

The paper includes data on the taxation of wage income (labor income tax and contributions to social security) and capital income in the Federal Republic of Germany. Average tax rates and marginal tax rates for typical wage income earners are shown for the 1977-1999 period; average tax rates are...

Decisions by firms and individuals on the extent of their tax payments have generally been treated as separate choices. Empirically, a positive relationship between corporate and personal income tax evasion can be observed. The theoretical analysis in this paper shows that a manager's decision...