We apply conjoint analysis to study the influence of tax labeling and tax earmarking onGerman taxpayers’ willingness to contribute. From a survey based sample we show thatlabeling and earmarking effects can substantially increase participants’ willingness tocontribute, which results in a...

Das Bestehen am Markt wurde in der Vergangenheit zunehmend in Abhängigkeit vom Wachstum durch Unternehmenszusammenschlüsse im weitestenSinne gesehen. Selbst wenn Größe als das Ergebnis der Zusammenschlüsse als solche nicht mehr das Ziel ist, wird das Nutzen von Synergieeffekten zur...

Bei der Auslagerung staatlicher Tätigkeiten auf private Partner kommt es für den Bereich per-sonalintensiver Dienstleistungen durch die anfallende deutsche Umsatzsteuer zu einer zusätz-lichen Kostenbelastung, die die Hoheitsträger bisher oft vom Outsourcing abhält.Für den Bereich der...

Das vorliegende Dokument analysiert die Auswirkungen einer betrieblichen Altersversorgungauf die steuerlich absetzbaren Vorsorgeaufwendungen bei GesellschafterGeschäftsführern. Unter bestimmten Bedingungen kann eine betriebliche Altersversorgungzur Kürzung des Vorwegabzugs führen. Die...

This paper reviews the economic effects of the EU Savings Taxation Directive. The Directive aims at enabling taxation of foreign interest payments received by individuals in accordance with the rules of their State of residence. The data suggest that the Directive, which is based on automatic...

This paper investigates the effect at the bank and industry level of a 1996 tax law change allowing commercial banks to elect S-corporation status. By the end of 2007, roughly one in three commercial banks had either opted for or converted to the S-corporation form of organization. Our study...

In this paper, we present a review of tax research. We survey four main areas of the literature: 1) the informational role of income tax expense reported for financial accounting, 2) corporate tax avoidance, 3) corporate decision-making including investment, capital structure, and organizational...

A common, though by no means universally-accepted doctrine among practitioners of law and economics is that redistribution is no business of the law. This efficiency-only doctrine is not that redistribution is unworthy as a social objective, but that any given benefit to the poor is attainable...

Acting in the interest of their residents, within limits imposed by Federal statute and by the Constitution, states have incentives to impose taxes on the profits of corporations owned by nonresidents. This paper presents a model within which a state, using an apportionment formula that includes...

The German corporate tax reform of 2008 has brought about important cuts in corporate tax rates, which were at the same time accompanied by significant changes in the determination of the tax base for both major German corporate taxes - corporate income tax and trade tax. The reform followed the...