Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Unternehmensbesteuerung und Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-027 // 2016

    Do Fiscal Rules Constrain Fiscal Policy? A Meta-Regression-Analysis

    We implement a meta-regression-analysis for the budgetary impact of numerical fiscal rules. Based on 30 studies published in the last decade, we offer a consensus estimate with respect to the level of…

  2. ZEWnews // 2016

    03 - 2016

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  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-024 // 2016

    On Tax Evasion, Entrepreneurial Generosity and Fungible Assets

    We estimate the effects of income from various sources on charitable giving using administrative German income tax data. We demonstrate that charitable contributions are not uniformly affected by different…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-021 // 2016

    Philanthropy in a Secular Society

    In this study we investigate the relationship between religious and charitable giving. We test how income, the tax-price of giving and the German church tax, differently affect charitable donations of church…

  5. Discussion und Working Paper // 2016

    The long-Run effect of fiscal consolidation on economic growth: Evidence from quantitative case studies

    We contribute to the literature on the long-run effect of fiscal consolidation on economic growth by applying a novel method for quantitative case studies. Relying on a qualitative (narrative) definition of…