Publications of the Research Unit Corporate Taxation and Public Finance

  1. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Tax Law and the Transfer of Losses: A European Overview and Categorization

    Most of the European Member States employ anti-loss trafficking rules. They aim to prevent the acquisition of mere corporate shells with high tax loss carryforwards for the tax asset to be utilized in profitable…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Biases in Fiscal Multiplier Estimates

    The size of fiscal multipliers is intensively debated as large (small) multipliers provide arguments to expand (cut) public spending. We use data on multiplier estimates from over a hundred scholarly studies,…

  3. ZEW policy brief No. 20-01 // 2020

    Global Corporate Tax Reform to the Worse? Assessing the OECD Proposals

    The ongoing digitalization has set the ground for new means of value creation that create considerable challenges for the existing system of global corporate taxation. Understanding digital business models and…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Bureaucratic Competence and Procurement Outcomes

    To what extent does a more competent public bureaucracy contribute to better economic outcomes? We address this question in the context of the US federal procurement of services and works, by combining…