Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-059 // 2021

    Buyers’ Workload and R&D Procurement Outcomes: Evidence From the US Air Force Research Lab

    Does workload constitute a bottleneck to a public agency’s mission, and if so, to what extent? We ask these questions in the context of the US government’s procurement of R&D. We link tender, contract, patent,…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-055 // 2021

    The Future of the European Fiscal Union: Survey Results From Members of National Parliaments in France, Italy and Germany

    Using data from a unique survey of members of parliaments in France, Germany and Italy in 2018, we estimate the effects of three dimensions on EU and euro area fiscal reform preferences: nationality, political…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-050 // 2021

    Dispelling the Shadow of Fiscal Dominance? Fiscal and Monetary Announcement Effects for Euro Area Sovereign Spreads in the Corona Pandemic

    We use event study regressions to compare the impact of EU monetary versus fiscal policy announcements on government bond spreads of ten euro member countries. Our motivation is to evaluate which of the two…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-047 // 2021

    Tax Strategy Disclosure: A Greenwashing Mandate?

    Firms constantly face new and more stringent tax disclosure requirements and, increasingly, paying a fair share of tax is seen as part of corporate social responsibility. In this paper, we investigate whether…