Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. ZEW policy brief No. 21-02 // 2021

    EU sollte statt einer Digitalabgabe die indirekten Steuern stärker in den Blick nehmen

    As of the beginning of 2021, the European Commission has restarted the formal process to develop a stable regulatory and tax framework to address the challenges of the digital economy. In 2018, the European…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2021

    Taxing the Digital Economy – An Academic Perspective

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-040 // 2021

    Are Your Tax Problems an Opportunity Not to Pay Taxes? Evidence From a Randomized Survey Experiment

    Taxpayers often view tax rules and filing processes as complicated. In this paper I study whether the perceived tax uncertainty among peers leads to a reduction of voluntary tax compliance. I find strong…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Buyer’s Role in Innovation Procurement: Evidence from U.S. Military R&D Contracts

    This study provides the first quantification of buyers’ role in the outcome of R&D procurement contracts. We combine together four data sources on US federal R&D contracts, follow-on patented inventions,…

  5. ZEW expert brief No. 21-03 // 2021

    Dispelling the Shadow of Fiscal Dominance?

    The COVID-19 pandemic has put the public finances of industrial countries under severe stress. The resulting recession has not only led to shortfalls in tax revenues but also to increased public expenditures.…