Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

In this paper we extend former meta-analyses on FDI and taxation in three ways. First, we add 16 recent publications. Second, we code additional metaregressor variables addressing important issues in research…

Many studies of spatial policy interdependence in (local) fiscal policies concentrate on the relations between jurisdictions within a single region. These works usually disregard possible extra-regional effects.…

Governments are subject to a number of constraints that affect their ability to set fiscal policy optimally. This paper considers two. Firstly, governments are inevitably imperfectly informed about the…

• Large Scale Infrastructure Projects in the Alps – A Mixed Scorecard for Freight Traffic
• Experts Expect Strong German Stock Market Performance in 2011
• Generational Transition in German SMEs Proceeding More Smoothly…

The theoretical literature suggests that upper-tier governments have an incentive to strategically allocate regional transfers in order to affect the electorate's opinion. This implies that citizens in targeted…