Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Unternehmensbesteuerung und Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-015 // 2016

    Corporate Taxation and Location of Intangible Assets: Patents vs. Trademarks

    Numerous empirical studies have analysed the influence of corporate taxation on the location of intangible assets within a company group. However, the previous literature has rather focused on studying the…

  2. ZEWnews // 2016

    01/02 - 2016

    • Europa braucht ein gemeinschaftliches Konzept für eine wirksame Asylpolitik
    • Die Kindheit entscheidet maßgeblich über Einkommensunterschiede
    • Gemeindepolitik: Bürgerentscheide wirken "ansteckend" auf…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-013 // 2016

    Fiscal Competition and Public Debt

    The existing theoretical literature on fiscal competition has to a large extent ignored the role of government debt as a determinant of taxes and productive public spending. We develop a simple model of fiscal…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-008 // 2016

    Book-Tax Conformity and Reporting Behavior - A Quasi-experiment

    We examine how a comprehensive change in book-tax conformity affects firms' reporting behavior. To this end, we exploit a Reform Act as a quasi-natural experiment which implied a decrease in book-tax conformity…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-007 // 2016

    Taxing Away M&A: The Effect of Corporate Capital Gains Taxes on Acquisition Activity

    Taxing capital gains is an important obstacle to the efficient allocation of resources because it imposes a transaction cost on the vendor which locks in appreciated assets by raising the vendor's reservation…

  6. ZEW policy brief Nr. 16-01 // 2016

    Why and How There Should Be More Europe in Asylum Policies

    The experiences of the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe highlight the failures of the current model of having the EU and its members states share responsibility for asylum policies. Based on standard criteria of…