Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-097 // 2010

    Investment Impact of Tax Loss Treatment – Empirical Insights from a Panel of Multinationals

    While profits are taxed, no immediate tax refund is granted if a corporation suffers losses. Losses can only be used to offset profits generated in other periods or by affiliated companies. The tax loss offset…

  2. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2010

    Nr. 4 (Dezember) - 2010

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  3. Refereed Journal // 2010

    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…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-092 // 2010

    Words Speak Louder Than Actions: The Impact of Politics on Economic Performance

    In this paper, we present a new approach to disclose the impact of policy preferences of parties on economic growth. We derive policy preferences of parties, such as political ideology and preferences restricted…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-075 // 2010

    Voluntary Giving and Economic Growth: Time Series Evidence for the US

    Given the substantial consolidation pressure in tax dependent government budgets, voluntary contributions play an increasing role in the financing of activities related to welfare, culture or education. There is…