Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-020 // 2008

    The Impact of Personal and Corporate Taxation on Capital Structure Choices

    This paper empirically analyses whether both personal and corporate taxation have an impact on companies' capital structure decisions. We investigate the effect of the difference in taxation of debt and equity…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2008

    Accuracy and Properties of German Business Cycle Forecasts

    In this paper the accuracy of a wide range of German business cycle forecasters is assessed for the past 10 years. For this purpose, a data set is used comprising forecasts published on a monthly basis by…

  3. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 39 // 2008

    Dual Income Tax - A Proposal for Reforming Corporate and Personal Income Tax in Germany

    In its Annual Report 2003/2004, the Council of Economic Experts launched a dual income tax as an option for a fundamental tax reform in Germany. Appointed by the German government the Council prepared a detailed…

  4. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2008

    Nr. 1 (März) - 2008

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    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Märzumfrage 2008
    • Wirtschaftszweig ist bei Geschäftslage und Erwartungen gespalten
    • Arbeitsmarktreformen in einem Mikrosimulations- und…