Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. Non-Refereed Journal // 2003

    Stellungnahme zum Steuervergünstigungsabbaugesetz und zu weiteren steuerlichen Maßnahmen

    On 21 February 2003, the Bundestag, the German Federal Parliament, passed the "Steuervergünstigungsabbaugesetz", a tax bill which intends to close a number of loopholes in the German tax code. With a focus on…

  2. 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…

  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…