Die Forscher des ZEW Mannheim rund um Professor Christoph Spengel kommen zu folgendem Ergebnis: Der Steuerwettbewerb hat sich abgeschwächt. Bestimmte Instrumente gegen die Gewinnverlagerung wirken. Das führt aber bisher nicht zu einer Angleichung der Steuersätze auf niedrigerem Niveau.

The paper examines the convergence of tax systems in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) over the period 1995-2018. Due to the increasing impact of tax competition, we have focused on income taxes, in particular, corporate ones. We have identified the factors that influence the...

I consider a continuum of multinational enterprises (MNEs), which differ in profitability. MNEs employ capital, shift profit to tax havens and may relocate their production facilities to other countries. Source countries provide public inputs and levy taxes. I derive optimal policy choices for...

Many countries have introduced patent box regimes in recent years, offering a reduced tax rate to businesses for their IP-related income. In this paper, we analyze the effects of patent box regimes when countries can simultaneously use patent boxes and R&D subsidies to promote innovation. We...

This article investigates a tax competition model where countries compete for capital and profits of multinational enterprises (MNEs) through statutory tax rates and cross-border loss-offset provisions, which allow a transfer of foreign subsidiaries’ losses to the parent company. A joint...

Motivated by the EU Commission s suggested company tax reforms, this paper investigates how cross-border loss offset and formulary apportionment of a consolidated tax base affect the investment and transfer pricing behaviour of a multijurisdictional firm, and how they affect the behaviour of...