Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. Refereed Journal // 2025

    Invitation Messages for Business Surveys: A Multi-Armed Bandit Experiment

    We investigate the design of a survey invitation message targeted at businesses. By varying five key elements of the survey invitation, we implement a full-factorial experiment with adaptive randomization…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-059 // 2025

    Doubling Down Political Budget Cycles: The Role of State-Owned Enterprises

    We study the degree and nature of political budget cycles in public investments when two instruments are available: investments by core governments and, more indirectly, by state-owned enterprises (SOEs). While…

  3. ZEW policy brief No. 25-13 // 2025

    QDMTTs Leave Geographic Disparity Between Increased Pillar Two Costs and Revenues

    For the better part of the last decade, the global minimum tax, or Pillar Two, has dominated international tax policy discussions. Developing out of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project at the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-054 // 2025

    The Demand for Economic Narratives

    Economic narratives are pervasive in the public discourse and can shape individual behavior. But so far we know very little about whether households actually demand and value narratives as information. We…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-053 // 2025

    OECD Pillar Two Compliance Costs: A Quantitative Assessment for EU-Headquartered Groups

    This study examines the compliance costs of OECD Pillar Two, i.e., the “Global Minimum Tax,” for multinational enterprises headquartered in the European Union. Collecting data from chief financial officers and…