The residence-based taxation of interest income in the EU faces the difficulty that taxpayers may evade taxation by holding bank accounts in other countries. The EU therefore makes considerable efforts to achieve cooperation among EU member states in order to improve tax enforcement. The present...

Because the actions of multinational corporations have a clear and direct effect on the flow of capital throughout the world, how and why these firms behave the way they do is a major issue for national governments and their policymakers. With an unprecedented ability to adjust the scale,...

In der Arbeit wird untersucht, ob Steuern die räumliche Allokation von Kapital beeinflussen. Die vorliegenden Ergebnisse belegen, daß die beobachtbare internationale Steuer-Standort-Konkurrenz um grenzüberschreitende Investitionen und Investoren theoretisch und empirisch nicht begründet...