We analyze the compliance costs of individual taxpayers resulting from the German income tax. Using survey data that has been raised between December 2008 and April 2009, we find evidence for a considerably higher cost burden of self-employed taxpayers. Taxable income and the demand for external...

We investigate the impact of the French 2012 financial transaction tax on trading activity, volatility, and price efficiency measured by first-order autocorrelation. We extend empirical research by analysing anticipation and reallocation effects. In addition, we consider measures for long-run...

We quantify the degree of tax-induced earnings management associated with statutory tax rates and examine whether greater book-tax conformity alters this particular type of earnings management. We first validate a new empirical approach for examining tax-induced earnings management using...

This paper examines the effect of tax incentives in the form of bonus depreciation on the quality of investment. Using the expiration of tax incentives via bonus depreciation in East Germany and a representative panel of West German establishments, we show that bonus depreciation significantly...

In this paper, we use an exogenous variation in tax regulations to analyze the impact of bonus depreciation programs on business investment. To promote economic convergence of Eastern and Western Germany after reunification, bonus depreciation tax incentives were granted for investments in...

Wir vergleichen den Einfluss von zwei unterschiedlichen steuerpolitischen Strategien - einer dauerhaften Senkung der Unternehmenssteuerbelastung (etwa durch Senkung des Körperschaftsteuersatzes) und temporärer steuerlicher Investitionsanreize (etwa über Sonderabschreibungen). Dabei greifen...

Wir vergleichen den Einfluss von zwei unterschiedlichen steuerpolitischen Strategien - eine dauerhafte Senkung der Unternehmenssteuerbelastung (etwa des Körperschaftsteuersatzes) und temporäre steuerliche Investitionsanreize (etwa durch Sonderabschreibungen). Dabei greifen wir sowohl auf die...