1. Refereed Journal // 2003

    Deutschland ist kein Niedrigsteuerland

    A recent article presents effective corporate tax burdens for a number of countries. Its authors conclude that Germany can be considered to be a low tax country by international comparison, and that a tax reform…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2003

    Market Power and Hot Air in International Emissions Trading: The Impacts of U.S. Withdrawal from Kyoto-Protocol

    Ten years after the initial Climate Change Convention from Rio in 1992 the industrialized world is finally likely to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which will impose legally binding greenhouse gas emission…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2003

    Consumption vs. wage taxation and the capital levy

    Based on a representative consumer framework, it has been argued that wage taxation is inferior to consumption taxation. This note shows that the opposite result may emerge in a model where households are…