1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-015 // 2015

    Does Exchange of Information Between Tax Authorities Influence Multinationals' Use of Tax Havens?

    Since the mid-1990s, countries offering tax systems that facilitate international tax avoidance and evasion have been facing growing political pressure to comply with the internationally agreed standards of…

  2. ZEW Newsletter // 2015

    2015-02

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • 2015 Competition and Innovation Summer School (CISS
      • Sixth ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting
      • 17th ZEW Summer Workshop
      • Workshop on Behavioural Responses to Income…
  3. Monograph // 2015

    Rising Labour Market Inequality: Regional Disparities and Wage-Setting Institutions

    This cumulative dissertation reflects on labour market inequalities from two perspectives. The first deals with the role of geography in shaping inequalities in an aging knowledge-based economy. In particular,…

  4. ZEWnews English edition // 2015

    01/02 - 2015

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-014 // 2015

    Taxing Investments in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Importance of Cross-Border Taxation and Tax Incentives

    This paper investigates the taxation of investments in the Asia-Pacific region. Our analysis is based on the methodology of Devereux and Griffith (1999, 2003) for determining effective average tax rates. This…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-013 // 2015

    The Effect of Electricity Taxation on the German Manufacturing Sector: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

    Germany taxes electricity use since 1999. The government granted reduced rates to energy intensive firms in the industrial sector for addressing potentially adverse effects on firms' competitiveness. Firms that…