Projects

Current Projects

Project duration 01.06.2022 - 30.11.2023
How Forward Looking Does the Federal Government Invest? Development of a Monitoring of the Future Orientation of the Federal Budget
Project duration 01.03.2022 - 30.09.2022
From tax competition to coordinated global corporate taxation? Trends, prospects and negative effects on German family businesses
Project duration 01.02.2022 - 31.01.2024
Titel des Projekts (Englisch): BAK Taxation Index 2022/2023
Project duration 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022
Risk-taking of fund managers and capital gains taxation in the US
Project duration 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022
MannheimTaxation: Does infrastructure compensate for higher taxes? Experimental evidence from a large-scale manager survey
Project duration 01.11.2021 - 30.09.2022
Bundesländerindex Familienunternehmen
Project duration 01.11.2021 - 31.10.2022
Is the European Central Bank on its way to being overloaded?
Project duration 01.10.2021 - 30.06.2022
The Impact of Fiscal Rules on State-Owned Enterprises
Project duration 01.06.2021 - 01.06.2022
Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services – Update 2021
Project duration 01.01.2021 - 30.09.2022
Coronavirus Crisis and Taxes in the European Union
Project duration 01.01.2021 - 30.09.2022
Implications of the Modified Nexus Approach on Effective Tax Burdens and Tax Planning Strategies of Multinational Enterprises
Project duration 01.01.2021 - 30.06.2022
Taxation and Migration: Evidence from Switzerland
Project duration 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2022
The Foundation of Public Saving Banks in the 19th and Early 20th-Century
Project duration 01.04.2020 - 31.12.2022
Uniform Pricing in Healthcare Procurement
Project duration 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2022
Local tax policy responses to a shock in foreign labor supply
Project duration 01.06.2018 - 30.11.2022
Taxation in the Era of Digital Transformation
Project duration 01.06.2018 - 30.11.2022
Market Design by Public Authorities
Project duration 31.12.2017 - 30.06.2022
Fiscal Institutions and Reform Preferences

Finished Projects

2022
- Project duration 01.10.2020 - 31.03.2022
  Tax Loss Restrictions, Investor Exits and Market Prices
- Project duration 01.09.2020 - 31.12.2022
  Nudging for Tax Compliance: A Meta-Analysis
- Project duration 01.02.2020 - 31.03.2022
  BAK Taxation Index 2020/2021

2021
- Project duration 15.05.2021 - 15.09.2021
  Bundesländerindex Familienunternehmen - Machbarkeitsstudie
- Project duration 01.05.2021 - 31.07.2021
  Study to Design a Future Share of Public Spending
- Project duration 19.04.2021 - 30.09.2021
  Short Expert Report on Germanys Tax Competitiveness in Light of Current Tax Policy Demands
- Project duration 08.03.2021 - 21.05.2021
  Immediate action tax program and starting points for the increase of entrepreneurial investments in the context of the Corona crisis in Germany
- Project duration 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021
  How does Digitalization Affect the Tax Sensitivity of Location Decisions in MNEs?
- Project duration 21.09.2020 - 30.06.2021
  Political structures financing in the Member States
- Project duration 01.09.2020 - 31.07.2021
  The preference for simple economic policies – Causes and Remedies
- Project duration 01.07.2020 - 01.07.2021
  Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services – Update 2020
- Project duration 25.05.2020 - 28.02.2021
  Update 2020 of the Country Index for Family Enterprises
- Project duration 01.05.2020 - 31.05.2021
  Options for the Post-COVID-19 Stabilization of the Eurozone
- Project duration 01.01.2020 - 30.06.2021
  Titel des Projekts (Englisch): Two Decades of Effective Tax Rates - Trends in Europe
- Project duration 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2021
  Regional Favoritism and Development
- Project duration 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2021
  Why Do Firms (Not) Bid on Government Tenders?
- Project duration 01.11.2019 - 31.07.2021
  Reporting Behavior and Transparency in European Banks’ Country-by-Country Reports
- Project duration 01.01.2019 - 31.03.2021
  SEEK - Political Biases in EU Spending: Mechanisms, Extent and Counter-Measures
- Project duration 01.05.2017 - 31.12.2021
  European Network for Economic and Fiscal Policy Research

2020
- Project duration 01.05.2020 - 31.08.2020
  Crisis resilience of family owned firms
- Project duration 01.03.2020 - 30.09.2020
  Public Country-by-Country Reporting – Update 2020
- Project duration 01.07.2019 - 31.12.2020
  Distortive Effects of Tax Loss Restrictions on Venture Capital Funding of Start-Ups
- Project duration 04.06.2019 - 04.06.2020
  Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services – Update 2019
- Project duration 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2020
  The Case Law of the European Court of Justice in the Area of Direct Taxation – an Interdisciplinary Analysis
- Project duration 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2020
  Public Procurement and Firm Innovation
- Project duration 01.02.2018 - 31.01.2020
  BAK Taxation Index 2018/2019

2019
- Project duration 29.04.2019 - 15.11.2019
  Country Index for Family Enterprises Emerging Markets - Update 2019
- Project duration 01.01.2019 - 30.11.2019
  MannheimTaxation Preferences for tax simplification - Evidence from survey experiments
- Project duration 01.10.2018 - 30.09.2019
  Understanding Public Attitudes and Political Preferences in the Context of Automatization of the Labor Force
- Project duration 01.08.2018 - 30.07.2019
  Who Pays for Fiscal Rules? Evidence From Italian Municipalities
- Project duration 01.07.2018 - 30.06.2019
  Policy instruments for a Crisis-proof European Union?
- Project duration 22.05.2018 - 21.05.2019
  Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services – Update 2018
- Project duration 01.05.2018 - 31.12.2019
  Can European banks’ country-by-country reports reveal profit shifting?
- Project duration 17.04.2018 - 30.06.2019
  Development of a model for the Euro reform debate
- Project duration 01.12.2017 - 31.05.2019
  The German Real Estate Transfer Tax and Local Government Revenues
- Project duration 01.04.2017 - 28.02.2019
  Evaluation of Tax Incentives 2017
- Project duration 01.04.2016 - 31.03.2019
  SEEK Project 2016: European Network on Better Institutions – ZEW ENBI

2018
- Project duration 01.09.2018 - 15.12.2018
  Market Design for Public Construction Projects – Feasibility Study
- Project duration 15.05.2018 - 15.10.2018
  Update 2018 of the Country Index for Family Enterprises
- Project duration 01.01.2018 - 31.08.2018
  Comparison of the Change in the Effective Tax Burden of Corporations Across EU Member States Based on a Model-Firm Approach (Tax Analyzer Model)
- Project duration 01.01.2018 - 30.06.2018
  International Tax Competition – Evaluation, Trends and Conclusions for Fiscal Policy Makers
- Project duration 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2018
  Structural Reform in Germany, 2013-2017
- Project duration 01.12.2017 - 30.06.2018
  Strategies to Encourage European Identity
- Project duration 01.12.2017 - 31.03.2018
  How Europe can deliver - Dissemination
- Project duration 01.10.2017 - 30.04.2018
  Benchmark Study: Tax Attractiveness for Digital Business Models – Update 2018
- Project duration 01.10.2017 - 31.12.2018
  Software Infrastructure for Behavioral Experiments and Automated Internet Data Collections
- Project duration 01.09.2017 - 31.08.2018
  Research Support of the Independent Advisory Board of the German Stability Council 2018
- Project duration 01.08.2017 - 31.07.2018
  Tax Transparency: Does it pay to be transparent? On the Dynamics of Voluntary Tax Disclosure
- Project duration 01.08.2017 - 31.07.2018
  Intergenerational Mobility and Redistribution: Survey Evidence from German Politicians
- Project duration 01.08.2017 - 31.10.2018
  Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services, Update 2017
- Project duration 01.06.2017 - 31.12.2018
  Country Index for Family Enterprises Emerging Markets
- Project duration 01.06.2017 - 30.09.2018
  Determinants of monetary policy in German and French national parliaments
- Project duration 01.06.2017 - 15.05.2018
  Work 4.0 – Opportunities and Challenges for Luxembourg
- Project duration 01.05.2017 - 31.12.2018
  Administrative Border Changes and Economic Growth: Global Evidence
- Project duration 01.03.2017 - 31.08.2018
  Impact of Country-by-Country Reporting on Banks' Profit Shifting Behaviour and Firm Value
- Project duration 01.03.2017 - 31.01.2018
  Crises Resilience – An Interdisciplinary Development of the Term of Resilience in Relation to Economic and Financial Crises (WGL - HSFK)
- Project duration 01.03.2017 - 28.02.2018
  How Do Tax Subsidies Shape Savings Decisions of Households?
- Project duration 01.03.2017 - 31.08.2018
  US Tax Reform Proposals - Implications and Evaluation
- Project duration 01.02.2017 - 31.01.2018
  Resilience Against Crises from Export Shocks – Concept, Quantification and Strategy (Bertelsmann Stiftung)
- Project duration 01.01.2017 - 31.08.2018
  Rational Ignorance in the Digital Age - A Meta-Analysis
- Project duration 01.03.2016 - 31.01.2018
  BAK Taxation Index 2016/2017
- Project duration 01.01.2015 - 30.09.2018
  Do Fiscal Rules Constrain Fiscal Policy? – A Meta-Regression-Analysis
- Project duration 01.12.2014 - 30.09.2018
  The Optimal Allocation of Tasks Between the EU and its Member States: Who Can Do what Better in Europe?

2017
- Project duration 01.08.2017 - 31.08.2017
  Public Country-by-Country Reporting
- Project duration 01.04.2017 - 30.11.2017
  MannheimTaxation - Tax influence on financial structures of M&As
- Project duration 01.02.2017 - 15.05.2017
  Country Index for Family Enterprises Emerging Markets - Feasibility Study
- Project duration 01.02.2017 - 02.05.2017
  Wealth Taxes – International Development and Alternatives for Increasing Tax Revenue
- Project duration 01.12.2016 - 31.03.2017
  Effects of the German Inheritance Tax Reform in 2016
- Project duration 01.09.2016 - 31.08.2017
  Research support of the independent advisory board of the German stability council
- Project duration 01.09.2016 - 31.08.2017
  Potential of Independent Fiscal Boards and Early Warning Systems for Crisis Prevention
- Project duration 25.06.2016 - 24.06.2017
  Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services, Update 2016
- Project duration 15.06.2016 - 31.05.2017
  Structure and Volume of the Market for Digital Services with a Focus on Companies from third Countries
- Project duration 01.06.2016 - 31.03.2017
  Development of an Effective Tax Rate Measure for the European Tax Analyzer
- Project duration 01.03.2016 - 28.02.2017
  International Profit Shifting: Its main Channels and Countermeasures
- Project duration 01.02.2016 - 30.09.2017
  The Impact of Fiscal Councils on Budgetary Policy
- Project duration 15.01.2016 - 31.03.2017
  R&D Tax Incentives – Study on Design Options and Impacts
- Project duration 01.01.2016 - 30.04.2017
  Inverse December Fever: Tax avoidance behaviour of Austrian SME
- Project duration 01.01.2016 - 30.09.2017
  Structure of Tax Systems in Europe – an Analysis of the Developments in the Member States of the European Union (and other Countries)
- Project duration 01.01.2015 - 30.04.2017
  Tax determinants of corporate charitable giving
- Project duration 01.07.2012 - 30.04.2017
  Confluence – Taxation Database
- Project duration 01.01.2010 - 31.12.2017
  The International Context of Tax and Public Sector Reform Decisions

2016
- Project duration 01.04.2016 - 31.12.2016
  Benchmark study: Tax attractiveness for digital business models
- Project duration 01.04.2016 - 30.09.2016
  Public Sector Reform – How the EU Budget Is Used to Encourage it
- Project duration 01.02.2016 - 31.10.2016
  Update 2016 of the Country Index for Family Enterprises
- Project duration 28.10.2015 - 28.10.2016
  The Effects of Fundamental Tax Reforms on Effective Taxation
- Project duration 01.09.2015 - 31.08.2016
  Research support of the independent advisory board of the German stability council
- Project duration 01.08.2015 - 31.07.2016
  Analysis of Tax Policy and Tax Administration: Evidence from Armenian Firm-Level Data
- Project duration 01.08.2015 - 30.06.2016
  Reforms for More Fiscal Responsibility of Euro Area Countries and the Potential of Accountability Bonds
- Project duration 17.07.2015 - 16.07.2016
  The Effect of Inflation Rates and Interest Rates on Forward-Looking Effective Tax Rates
- Project duration 25.06.2015 - 24.06.2016
  Provision of effective tax rates in the context of an enlarged European Union, Update 2015
- Project duration 25.06.2015 - 24.06.2016
  The Impact of Tax Planning on Forward-Looking Effective Tax Rates
- Project duration 01.03.2015 - 28.02.2016
  International Profit Shifting: Its main Channels and Countermeasures
- Project duration 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016
  International Corporate Taxation and Group Structures 2015 - 2016
- Project duration 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016
  Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Taxation on National and International Mergers & Acquisitions
- Project duration 01.09.2014 - 29.02.2016
  Tax Accounting and Corporate Decision Making
- Project duration 01.09.2014 - 29.02.2016
  Structure of Tax Systems in Europe – An Analysis of the Developments in the Member States of the European Union (and other Countries)
- Project duration 01.06.2014 - 31.05.2016
  The Case-Law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Area of Direct Taxation – An Interdisciplinary (Political, Legal, and Economic) Analysis
- Project duration 01.03.2014 - 31.01.2016
  BAK Taxation Index 2014/2015
- Project duration 01.12.2013 - 30.11.2016
  Smart Public Intangibles (SPINTAN)
- Project duration 01.05.2012 - 30.04.2016
  Tax Policy in the EU in an Environment of new Fiscal Institutions and Coordination Procedures
- Project duration 01.04.2012 - 31.03.2016
  Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe

2015
- Project duration 01.03.2015 - 31.08.2015
  Exchange of tax-related information with developing countries and tax havens
- Project duration 01.06.2014 - 01.06.2015
  Global Developments of Tax Structures: Consequences for the Size and the Distribution of Tax Burdens as a Function of Business Characteristics and Special Regimes of SME Taxation
- Project duration 01.04.2014 - 30.09.2015
  SEEK Project 2014: Fiscal Governance and Adjustments under Crisis Conditions
- Project duration 10.12.2013 - 28.02.2015
  Update 2014 of the Country Index for Family Enterprises
- Project duration 01.10.2013 - 30.09.2015
  Lowering Public Debt Levels in the European Monetary Union
- Project duration 01.08.2013 - 31.05.2015
  Effective Levels of Company Taxation Within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services
- Project duration 01.02.2013 - 31.08.2015
  Charitable Giving and Fundraising in a Tax Regime
- Project duration 01.01.2013 - 31.01.2015
  SME taxation in Europe – An empirical study of applied corporate income taxation for SMEs compared to large enterprises
- Project duration 01.10.2012 - 31.03.2015
  Competition for Public Offices, Quality of Politicians, and Fiscal Performance – an Empirical analysis of German Municipalities

2014
- Project duration 06.06.2014 - 31.12.2014
  Reform Options for the German Fiscal Equalization
- Project duration 01.12.2013 - 30.10.2014
  The Efficiency of EU Public Administration in Helping Firms Grow
- Project duration 01.10.2013 - 31.01.2014
  Feasibility Study: Competence Catalogue for Europe - The Optimal Allocation of Tasks Between the EU and its Member States
- Project duration 17.08.2013 - 31.03.2014
  Economic Expertise on the German Vertical Equalization Scheme
- Project duration 01.07.2013 - 31.03.2014
  Sustainably Overcoming the Crisis in the Euro-Zone: Progress in the Crisis-Countries and Institutional Challenges
- Project duration 01.07.2013 - 30.06.2014
  Direct Democracy and Local Public Finances: Evidence from Bavarian Municipalities
- Project duration 01.07.2013 - 31.07.2014
  Study on Foundations Supporting Research and Innovation in the EU: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Trends and Potential
- Project duration 01.04.2013 - 30.11.2014
  SEEK-Project 2013: Tax Policy, Productivity and Innovation
- Project duration 01.03.2012 - 31.01.2014
  BAK Taxation Index 2012/2013

2013
- Project duration 27.05.2013 - 31.10.2013
  Sovereign Debt Restructuring in Argentina
- Project duration 15.11.2012 - 31.05.2013
  Family enterprises and wealth taxation
- Project duration 01.09.2012 - 30.11.2013
  Characteristics of Sovereign Debt Restructurings and their Consequences
- Project duration 03.05.2012 - 28.02.2013
  Update 2012 to the Country Index for Family Enterprises
- Project duration 01.04.2012 - 30.09.2013
  SEEK-Project 2012: Taxation and Corporate Innovation
- Project duration 01.01.2012 - 31.10.2013
  Common Corporate Tax Base and Common Company Tax Base: Economic Impact Assessment
- Project duration 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2013
  Inflation, Corporate Taxation and Firm Value: A Firm-Specific Analysis
- Project duration 15.07.2011 - 28.02.2013
  The European Added Value of the EU Budget: Can the EU Help its Member States to Save Money?
- Project duration 01.07.2011 - 31.03.2013
  The Impact of Culture on Female Labour Force Participation, Fertility and the Choice of Child Care Arrangements
- Project duration 01.02.2011 - 31.01.2013
  Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Taxation on National and International Mergers & Acquisitions

2012
- Project duration 06.08.2012 - 31.10.2012
  The Share of Growth-Enhancing Expenditure in EU Regional Spending
- Project duration 19.03.2012 - 30.09.2012
  Corporate Taxation of Headquarter Services in Europe
- Project duration 01.12.2011 - 31.03.2012
  Assessing the impact of an allowance for corporate equity on the tax burden of German firms and the aggregate tax revenue
- Project duration 01.12.2011 - 31.05.2012
  Excellence in public administration for competitiveness in EU Member States
- Project duration 01.08.2011 - 31.12.2012
  The CC(C)TB and Determination of Taxable Income: A Cross-Country Assessment of the Draft Council Directive on a Common (Consolidated) Corporate Tax Base
- Project duration 01.08.2011 - 31.07.2012
  Tax Accounting in Germany: Empirical Evidence on the Relation Between Financial and Tax Reporting Measures of Income
- Project duration 01.07.2011 - 31.07.2012
  Effective tax rates at the industry-level in selected European countries
- Project duration 01.06.2011 - 30.11.2012
  Towards an "Agenda 2030": Strategies to Overcome Reform Resistance
- Project duration 12.05.2011 - 31.03.2012
  Tax Policy After the Economic Crisis: How to Reform Company Taxation in Germany?
- Project duration 01.04.2011 - 30.09.2012
  SEEK-Project 2011: How Philanthropy Affects Corporate Competitiveness in Europe
- Project duration 01.03.2011 - 30.11.2012
  Cross-Border Company Taxation in the Member States of EU and OECD and Anti-Avoidance Provisions
- Project duration 01.01.2011 - 31.12.2012
  Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services
- Project duration 01.01.2011 - 31.12.2012
  International Corporate Taxation and Group Structures
- Project duration 01.01.2011 - 31.03.2012
  The impact of international company taxation on the investment behaviour of Baden-Württemberg’s multinationals
- Project duration 01.11.2010 - 31.03.2012
  SEEK-Project 2010: Taxation and Corporate Innovation
- Project duration 01.04.2010 - 31.01.2012
  BAK Taxation Index 2011
- Project duration 01.04.2010 - 31.03.2012
  Charitable Giving and Fundraising in a Tax Regime
- Project duration 01.01.2009 - 31.12.2012
  The Future of Fiscal Federalism in Germany and Europe

2011
- Project duration 01.07.2011 - 30.09.2011
  Economic Effects of a Tax Incentive for R&D Investment in Germany
- Project duration 01.01.2011 - 30.09.2011
  Climate Proofing" of key EU Policies - short term actions
- Project duration 15.12.2010 - 30.06.2011
  Reform options for the EU financial framework 2014-2020
- Project duration 01.10.2010 - 30.06.2011
  National Fiscal Rules - An Instrument to avoid crises of confidence?
- Project duration 20.09.2010 - 31.01.2011
  Study on demographic change and the future of EU cohesion policy
- Project duration 01.05.2010 - 30.06.2011
  The partisan effects on the economic expectations of firms and households
- Project duration 01.03.2010 - 30.11.2011
  Decentralization, Institutions and Environmental Quality
- Project duration 01.01.2010 - 31.10.2011
  Exploitation of the German Taxpayer Panel
- Project duration 01.01.2009 - 30.09.2011
  Development of a microsimulation model for the evaluation of corporate tax reforms under consideration of reform-induced behavioural responses of firms

2010
- Project duration 23.04.2010 - 23.07.2010
  The effects of tax simplifications
- Project duration 01.01.2010 - 31.12.2010
  Impact of media consumption and media competition on economic policy preferences
- Project duration 24.11.2009 - 30.06.2010
  Update 2010 of the Country Index for Family Enterprises
- Project duration 01.07.2009 - 31.03.2010
  Rewrite and Documentation of the Microsimulation Model STSM
- Project duration 25.06.2009 - 31.05.2010
  Public incentives for private investments in education – efficiency analysis, international trends, reform options
- Project duration 01.01.2009 - 28.02.2010
  Ideology and national tax policies in international competition
- Project duration 01.01.2009 - 31.03.2010
  International comparison of growth-oriented tax systems
- Project duration 16.12.2008 - 31.12.2010
  Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services
- Project duration 01.09.2008 - 31.01.2010
  BAK Taxation Index 2009
- Project duration 01.09.2008 - 31.03.2010
  Tax Elasticity of Mobile Factors or Production
- Project duration 01.02.2008 - 31.03.2010
  Fairness perception of tax and welfare state reforms
- Project duration 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2010
  Taxation of multinational groups in Europe

2009
- Project duration 15.01.2009 - 31.10.2009
  The role of taxes on non-income values in the German tax system
- Project duration 01.01.2009 - 31.12.2009
  Fiscal Impact of Tax Incentives for Business Research and Development
- Project duration 01.01.2009 - 31.12.2009
  Giving behaviour and fairness preferences – An empirical analysis
- Project duration 01.11.2008 - 30.11.2009
  Company Taxation in the Asia-Pacific region, India and Russia
- Project duration 01.01.2008 - 30.11.2009
  Determinants of Welfare State Moral
- Project duration 01.01.2008 - 30.11.2009
  Tax policy decisions in fiscal competition
- Project duration 01.01.2008 - 31.12.2009
  Determinants of Public Sector Efficiency in Germany
- Project duration 01.01.2008 - 31.12.2009
  Tax effects on international business activities
- Project duration 01.08.2007 - 28.02.2009
  The Future of EU Regional Policy
- Project duration 01.04.2007 - 30.06.2009
  European schemes of social assistance in the enlarged European Union. A theoretical and empirical analysis of the statutory and institutional settings of the European schemes of social assistance with special consideration to the Eastern European countries
- Project duration 01.10.2005 - 30.06.2009
  Taxation Knowledge Database
- Project duration 01.06.2005 - 31.05.2009
  EU-CONSENT

2008
- Project duration 28.11.2007 - 27.11.2008
  Study on the impact of reforms of corporate income taxation systems at the EU level on the size of the tax bases of the EU companies, using the model "European Tax Analyzer"
- Project duration 01.10.2007 - 31.05.2008
  Update 2008 of the Country Index for Family Enterprises
- Project duration 01.08.2007 - 31.08.2008
  Evaluation of tax expenditures
- Project duration 01.06.2007 - 29.02.2008
  The problem of local debt in Germany due to increasing ways and mean advances: methods of resolution in an international comparison
- Project duration 15.03.2007 - 28.02.2008
  Economic and societal importance of family enterprises
- Project duration 01.02.2007 - 31.01.2008
  BAK Taxation Index 2007
- Project duration 01.02.2007 - 30.06.2008
  Measuring the financial consequences of corporate tax reforms
- Project duration 01.01.2007 - 31.12.2008
  Non profit organizations as reform potentials in modern welfare states
- Project duration 15.09.2006 - 30.11.2008
  Social and economic impact analysis of collective living arrangements
- Project duration 15.08.2006 - 30.11.2008
  Taxation of ship management companies in Cyprus and the European Union
- Project duration 01.01.2006 - 01.09.2008
  Effective levels of company taxation within an enlarged European Union
- Project duration 01.12.2005 - 31.05.2008
  Innovation Watch - SYSTEMATIC

2007
- Project duration 01.09.2006 - 31.08.2007
  Possibilities and limits of EU finance
- Project duration 01.09.2006 - 31.03.2007
  Public Sector Efficiency in Germany
- Project duration 01.08.2006 - 30.04.2007
  Development study LiMa-Benchmark
- Project duration 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2007
  Marginal tax rates, labour supply and economic growth
- Project duration 01.01.2006 - 31.01.2007
  Psychology, growth and the ability to reform
- Project duration 01.06.2005 - 31.05.2007
  Tax effects on international business activities
- Project duration 01.01.2005 - 31.08.2007
  Network Growth and Business Cycle Analyses
- Project duration 01.01.2005 - 30.06.2007
  Determinants of Reform Capability in Europe

2006
- Project duration 20.05.2006 - 15.08.2006
  Public Debt Monitor: Coverage of Public Debt in Germany (Update 2006)
- Project duration 01.12.2005 - 31.12.2006
  Methodical Problems of Medium-term Projections using the Example of Potential Output
- Project duration 01.10.2005 - 15.10.2006
  Continuation of the Development of Corporate Taxation in Germany and the EU
- Project duration 01.09.2005 - 30.09.2006
  Development of an IAB Micro-Simulation Model
- Project duration 01.08.2005 - 30.04.2006
  Benchmark Study for Family Owned Companies
- Project duration 01.08.2005 - 28.02.2006
  tax data base Federal Ministry of Finance
- Project duration 01.06.2005 - 31.03.2006
  Dual Income Tax
- Project duration 01.05.2005 - 28.02.2006
  Analysis of Selected Aspects Concerning Public Revenue and Expenditure, and Extrabudgetary Funds and Implicit Liabilities in the New Member Countries
- Project duration 01.01.2004 - 30.06.2006
  Effective Tax Burdens as Location Factor

2005
- Project duration 06.06.2005 - 31.12.2005
  Methoden mittelfristiger gesamtwirtschaftlicher Projektionen
- Project duration 01.06.2005 - 30.11.2005
  Effectiveness of Measures against Moonlighting (Exploratory Study)
- Project duration 01.12.2004 - 30.04.2005
  Evaluation of reform options for the EU financial framework 2007-2013
- Project duration 01.10.2004 - 31.12.2005
  Tax Accounting in Europe
- Project duration 01.07.2004 - 30.11.2005
  Public Debt Monitor: Coverage of Public Debt in Germany
- Project duration 01.07.2004 - 31.12.2005
  Measuring the Tax Burden on International Assignments
- Project duration 01.06.2004 - 30.04.2005
  Non-Profit-Organizations as a Means for Reforming Social Policy
- Project duration 01.05.2004 - 30.04.2005
  The Taxation of International Assignments - An International Comparison
- Project duration 01.01.2004 - 31.12.2005
  Tax Competition and Fiscal Equalization: Theory and Evidence from German Municipalities
- Project duration 01.09.2003 - 31.08.2005
  Decentralization and Integration: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Factors Determining the Vertical Government Structure for OECD Countries

2004
- Project duration 16.06.2004 - 16.08.2004
  Tax accounting rules for self-developed intangibles in the EU member states, Canada and the United States of America
- Project duration 01.06.2004 - 31.12.2004
  The Suitability of Structural Indicators as an Instrument to Evaluate the Economic Performance of EU Member States
- Project duration 01.01.2004 - 31.12.2004
  ZEW-Growth Monitor
- Project duration 01.09.2003 - 30.06.2004
  Allocative and Distributive Effects of an Abolition of the Reduced VAT Tax Rate
- Project duration 01.07.2003 - 29.02.2004
  Inheritance Tax in Germany, in member states of the EU and in other important countries (in Europe, USA, Japan)
- Project duration 01.10.1999 - 31.03.2004
  Social Policy in Fiscal Federalism

2003
- Project duration 01.07.2003 - 31.12.2003
  Employment and Demography: Improving Future Opportunities for the German Economy
- Project duration 15.03.2003 - 30.11.2003
  Determination of Factors for the Aggregated Tax Base of the Swiss Reform of Fiscal Equalisation
- Project duration 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2003
  ACCESSLAB
- Project duration 01.11.2001 - 31.12.2003
  The Tax Burden of Companies in the Greater Alpine Region (2002/2003)
- Project duration 01.11.2001 - 31.12.2003
  The tax burden of highly qualified and skilled employees as location factor
- Project duration 01.06.2001 - 31.05.2003
  Social transfer systems in Europe: Design, redistributive effects, and public choice explanations
- Project duration 01.11.1999 - 31.10.2003
  The fiscal constitution of the European Union
- Project duration 01.10.1999 - 31.03.2003
  Tax Burden and Impact on National and Trans-National Business Activity
- Project duration 01.04.1999 - 31.03.2003
  Taxation of Partnerships
- Project duration 01.03.1998 - 30.04.2003
  Fiscal Competition: Theory and Empirical Evidence

2002
- Project duration 01.12.2001 - 30.11.2002
  Efficiency of Higher Education in German Universities
- Project duration 01.10.2001 - 31.10.2002
  Analyse handels- und steuerrechtlicher Abschreibungsregeln. Anforderungen an Abschreibungsvorschriften im modernen Wirtschaftsleben. Internationaler Vergleich
- Project duration 01.09.2001 - 31.08.2002
  Measuring effective tax burdens

2001
- Project duration 01.04.2001 - 31.12.2001
  Estimation of the Effective Tax Rates for Norwegian Companies
- Project duration 01.09.2000 - 28.02.2001
  The provision of public goods: self-regulation of tax competition?
- Project duration 01.06.2000 - 31.08.2001
  Computing the Effective Levels of Company Taxation in the Member States of the EU
- Project duration 01.06.2000 - 31.08.2001
  The tax burden of companies in specific areas of the greater Alpine region: Inquiries and a comparative analysis
- Project duration 01.04.2000 - 31.01.2001
  Digital Economy
- Project duration 01.01.2000 - 31.12.2001
  Financing Constraints in the light of Asymmetric Information, and their Impact on Corporate Investment and Innovation Activities II
- Project duration 01.01.2000 - 31.12.2001
  Investment Behaviour and Taxation
- Project duration 01.08.1999 - 30.09.2001
  The Importance of Basic Regulatory and Financial Framework Conditions for Innovation Activities in Germany since the Foundation of the German Empire
- Project duration 01.01.1999 - 31.12.2001
  Credit Financing of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - A German-American Comparison

2000
- Project duration 01.03.2000 - 30.11.2000
  NULL
- Project duration 01.12.1999 - 31.08.2000
  Population size, population density and fiscal needs in the German fiscal equalization system

1999
- Project duration 01.09.1999 - 31.12.1999
  Besteuerung von Aktienoptionen in Deutschland, Großbritannien und den USA
- Project duration 01.04.1999 - 31.12.1999
  Unternehmensrechtsform und Steuerbelastung
- Project duration 01.11.1998 - 30.06.1999
  Vergleichende Untersuchung über die Besteuerung von Kapitalgesellschaften und ihrer Gesellschafter in Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien, den Niederlanden und den Vereinigten Staaten
- Project duration 01.01.1998 - 31.12.1999
  Financing Constraints under Asymmetric Information and their Impact on Investment and Innovation I
- Project duration 01.01.1998 - 30.01.1999
  Arbeitsmarkteffekte der EWU
- Project duration 01.10.1997 - 31.10.1999
  Entscheidungswirkungen und Reform der Besteuerung in Europa - Eine EDV-gestützte internationale Analyse
- Project duration 01.06.1997 - 31.12.1999
  Macroeconomics and macroeconometrics
- Project duration 01.04.1997 - 31.03.1999
  Wirtschaftspolitische Maßnahmen in einem makroökonomischen Ungleichgewichtsmodell
- Project duration 01.01.1996 - 31.12.1999
  Besteuerung, Investitionen und Innovation

1998
- Project duration 01.04.1998 - 31.08.1998
  Die deutsche handels- und steuerrechtlichen Rechnungslegung im Vergleich zu internationalen Rechnungslegungsprinzipien und zur handelsrechtlichen Rechnungslegung in wichtigen Industriestaaten
- Project duration 01.02.1998 - 31.12.1998
  Venture Capital and Start-ups
- Project duration 01.09.1997 - 30.09.1998
  Wachstum, Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit
- Project duration 01.11.1996 - 30.11.1998
  Auswirkungen von Umweltabgaben auf Unternehmen - Ein qualitativer und quantitativer Steuerbelastungsvergleich unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des europäischen Integrationsprozesses

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