Gegenstand der Untersuchung ist der zwischen Nationalstaaten sich intensivierende Steuerwettbewerb um mobiles Kapital. Es wird die Besteuerung von Kapitalgesellschaften sowie die Besteuerung von Zinserträgen privater Haushalte ökonometrisch analysiert. Zudem untersucht die Studie speziell am...

This paper analyses the development of the ratio of corporate taxes to wage taxes using a simple political economy model with internationally mobile and immobile firms. Among other results, our model predicts that countries reduce their corporate tax rate, relative to the wage tax, either when...

There is ample evidence that internal capital markets incur efficiency costs for multinational enterprises (MNEs). This paper analyzes whether tax avoidance behavior interacts with the costs of running an internal capital market and how policies of competing governments respond to it. We show...

There is ample evidence that internal capital markets incur efficiency costs for multinational enterprises (MNEs). This paper analyzes whether tax avoidance behavior interacts with the costs of running an internal capital market and how policies of competing governments respond to it. We show...