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...

The financial crisis has stimulated the debate on the taxation of the financial sector. The focus is on the bank levy and financial transaction tax, whereas corporate income tax attracts less attention in the public debate. Accordingly, this study analyses the contribution of the financial...

We investigate the relationship between the corporate income tax burden and firm size in South Africa using a panel dataset from companies' tax returns. We find that medium-sized companies are experiencing the lowest effective tax rate, while the smallest companies are facing the highest...

How much companies pay in corporate income taxes is often better captured by effective tax rates (ETRs) rather than by statutory ones. Economists further distinguish between those modelled using the law - forward-looking ETRs - and those estimated from actual data on companies' profits and taxes...