Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-051 // 2008

    The Impact of Intergovernmental Grants on Cost Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from German Municipalities

    In this paper we use a simple bureaucracy model of fiscal illusion to analyze the impact of intergovernmental grants on the cost effciency of local jurisdictions. We find that a higher degree of redistribution…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2008

    Besteuerung der Unternehmen im internationalen Vergleich

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-031 // 2008

    Conditional Grants, Grant-Seeking and Welfare when there is Government Failure on the Subordinate Level

    This paper addresses the welfare effects of conditional grants when there is government failure on the subordinate (hereafter regional) level. Government failure on the regional level may occur due to the…

  4. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2008

    Nr. 2 (Juni) - 2008

    • Konjunktur trotzt Kreditkrise
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Maiumfrage 2008
    • Konjunkturaussichten hellen sich auf
    • Finanzmarktkrise verändert europäische Bankenlandschaft
    • Konjunkturbedingte…