Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the outcomes of dismissal conflicts. In this study we focus on severance pay and inquire whether its incidence and level varies in a systematic manner with the legal rules as defined...

Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the outcomes of dismissal conflicts. In this study we focus on severance pay and inquire whether its incidence and level varies in a systematic manner with the legal rules as defined...

Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the outcomes of dismissal conflicts. In this study we focus on severance pay and inquire whether its incidence and level varies in a systematic manner with the legal rules as defined...

In diesem Beitrag werden die Urteile des österreichischen Verwaltungsgerichtshofs (VwGH) zu Ertragsteuern nach Bemessungsgrundlagen-, Zeit- und Tarifeffekten untersucht. Mit einem Anteil von fast 80% machen die Bemessungsgrundlageneffekte den überwiegenden Teil steuerlicher Effekte aus. Trotz...

Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the outcomes of dismissal conflicts. In this study we focus on severance pay and inquire whether its incidence and level varies in a systematic manner with the legal rules as defined...

This paper examines how employer- and worker-specific productivity shocks transmit to earnings and employment in an economy with search frictions and firm commitment. We develop an equilibrium search model with worker and firm shocks and characterize the optimal contract offered by competing...

We study the nature of firm pay dynamics. To this end, we propose a statistical model that extends the seminal framework by Abowd, Kramarz, and Margolis (1999a) to allow for idiosyncratically time-varying firm pay policies. We estimate the model using linked employeremployee data for Sweden from...

In diesem Aufsatz blicken wir auf einige Formen und Aspekte lenkender Finanzpolitik und beschäftigen uns vorrangig mit Wirkungen von lenkenden CO2-Steuern bzw. von CO2-Abgaben, mit ihrer Eignung zur allokativen Lenkung und der geeigneten Form ihrer Institutionalisierung. Dabei prüfen wir vor...