Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-057 // 2012

    Form Follows Function? Evidence on Tax Savings by Multinational Holding Structures

    Form follows function is a principle usually associated with modern architecture and industrial design. According to that principle, the shape of a building or an object should be primarily based on its…

  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2012

    07/08 - 2012

    • Patents versus Secrecy: Heterogeneous Costs of Disclosure and the Propensity to Patent
    • Broad Funding for Product Innovation Pays Off
    • The Positive and Negative Effects of Market Concentration on Investment Funds
    • Que…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-051 // 2012

    Book-tax Conformity: Empirical Evidence from Germany

    Book-tax conformity is an old issue in Germany. For more than one hundred years the determination of corporate taxable income has been characterized by the so-called Maßgeblichkeitsprinzip, which governs the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-046 // 2012

    Empirical Evaluation of Interest Barrier Effects

    As of 2008, Germany has severely changed its thin capitalization rule by introducing the so-called interest barrier. This new rule aims at prohibiting tax avoidance of multinational firms by means of…