Mr. Thomas Schwab worked for ZEW in the Unit “Corporate Taxation and Public Finance”.
Selected Publications
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Heinemann, Friedrich, Thomas Schwab, Christoph Spengel and Kathrin Stutzenberger (2018), Neue Entwicklungen im internationalen Steuerwettbewerb, FuS, Zeitschrift für Familienunternehmen und Strategie 8 (5), 165-169. Download
Heinemann, Friedrich, Marcel Olbert, Olena Pfeiffer, Thomas Schwab, Christoph Spengel and Kathrin Stutzenberger (2018), Implications of the US Tax Reform for Transatlantic FDI, Intereconomics 53, 87-93. Download
Discussion and Working Papers
Schwab, Thomas and Maximilian Todtenhaupt (2016), Spillover from the Haven: Cross-Border Externalities of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-073, Mannheim. Download
Schwab, Thomas and Maximilian Todtenhaupt (2016), Spillover from the Haven: Cross-border Externalities of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms, WU International Taxation Research Paper Series No. 2016-07. Download
Expertises
Spengel, Christoph, Frank Schmidt, Jost Henrich Heckemeyer, Katharina Nicolay, Alexandra Bartholmeß, Christopher Ludwig, Daniela Steinbrenner, Rainer Bräutigam, Peter Buchmann, Theresa Bührle, Elisa Casi, Verena Dutt, Leonie Fischer, Christoph Harendt, Raphael Müller, Thomas Schwab, Barbara Stage, Heiko Vay and Ann-Catherin Werner (2019), Effective Tax Levels Using the Devereux/Griffith Methodology - Update 2018, Project for the EU Commission TAXUD/2018/DE/307 Intermediary Report 2018 , Mannheim. Download
Spengel, Christoph, Frank Schmidt, Jost Henrich Heckemeyer, Katharina Nicolay, Alexandra Bartholmeß, Rainer Bräutigam, Julia Braun, Peter Buchmann, Theresa Bührle, Elisa Casi, Verena Dutt, Leonie Fischer, Christoph Harendt, Marcel Olbert, Olena Pfeiffer, Thomas Schwab, Daniela Steinbrenner, Kathrin Stutzenberger, Maximilian Todtenhaupt, Heiko Vay and Ann-Catherin Werner (2018), Effective Tax Levels Using the Devereux/Griffith Methodology - Update 2017, Project for the EU Commission TAXUD/2013/CC/120 Final Report 2017, Mannheim. Download
Bräutigam, Rainer, Friedrich Heinemann, Thomas Schwab and Christoph Spengel (2018), Analyse der US-Steuerreform, Verband der bayerischen Wirtschaft - vbw, München. Download
Bräutigam, Rainer, Friedrich Heinemann, Thomas Schwab, Christoph Spengel and Kathrin Stutzenberger (2018), Internationaler Steuerwettbewerb - Bewertung, aktuelle Trends und steuerpolitische Schlussfolgerungen, Stiftung Familienunternehmen, München. Download
Heinemann, Friedrich, Olena Pfeiffer, Thomas Schwab, Christoph Spengel, Marcel Olbert and Kathrin Stutzenberger (2017), Analysis of US Corporate Tax Reform Proposals and their Effects for Europe and Germany, Mannheim. Download
Berger, Melissa, Christoph Harendt, Friedrich Heinemann, Marc-Daniel Moessinger, Thomas Schwab and Stefani Weiss (2017), How Europe can deliver: Optimising the division of competences among the EU and its member states, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh. Download
Bräutigam, Rainer, Thomas Schwab, Christoph Spengel and Kathrin Stutzenberger (2017), Die Entwicklung der Vermögensteuer im internationalen Vergleich, Stiftung Familienunternehmen, München, Mannheim. Download
Projects
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.01.2018 - 30.06.2018International Tax Competition – Evaluation, Trends and Conclusions for Fiscal Policy Makers
- Project Duration 01.08.2017 - 31.10.2018Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services, Update 2017
- Project Duration 01.03.2017 - 31.08.2018US Tax Reform Proposals - Implications and Evaluation
- Project Duration 01.02.2017 - 31.01.2018Resilience Against Crises from Export Shocks – Concept, Quantification and Strategy (Bertelsmann Stiftung)
- Project Duration 01.02.2017 - 02.05.2017Wealth Taxes – International Development and Alternatives for Increasing Tax Revenue
- Project Duration 01.01.2016 - 30.04.2017Inverse December Fever: Tax avoidance behaviour of Austrian SME
- Project Duration 01.12.2014 - 30.09.2018The Optimal Allocation of Tasks Between the EU and its Member States: Who Can Do what Better in Europe?
Events
Research Seminars
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Teaching Activities and Stand-in Professors
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SS 2016:
Seminar
"Public Sector Economics",
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
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SS 2016:
Seminar
"Public Sector Economics",
Organisation of Academic Conferences and Workshops
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Dr. Maximilian Todtenhaupt,
Johannes Voget, Christoph Spengel,
Thomas Schwab,
Summer School on Empirical Research in Taxation and R&D,
University of Mannheim, Germany, 2017
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Dr. Maximilian Todtenhaupt,
Johannes Voget, Christoph Spengel,
Thomas Schwab,
Summer School on Empirical Research in Taxation and R&D,
Referee-Reports for Scientific Journals, Public Trusts etc.
- 02.2018: Zeitschrift "International Tax and Public Finance"
- 07.2018: Zeitschrift "International Tax and Public Finance"
Other Assessoring and Advisory Activities (also in the scope of a membership)
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2018:
Berater,
Yes - Young Economist Summit, Mannheim, Germany -
2017:
Berater,
Yes - Young Economist Summit, Mannheim, Germany
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2018:
Berater,
Lectures
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2019:
Inverse December Fever,
ASSA Annual Meeting,
Atlanta, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
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2018:
Thinking Outside the Box: The Cross-border Effect of Tax Cuts on R&D,
11th FIW Research Conference ‘International Economics’,
Wifo Wien, Österreich -
2018:
Inverse December Fever,
111th Annual Conference on Taxation,
New Orleans, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
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2018:
Thinking Outside the Box: The Cross-border Effect of Tax Cuts on R&D,
Eleventh Annual USPTO-Searle Center Conference on Innovation Economics,
Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
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2018:
Increasing or relocating tourism activity after VAT cut? On competition and incidence of consumption taxes,
74th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance,
Tampere, Finnland
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2018:
Increasing or relocating tourism activity after VAT cut? On competition and incidence of consumption taxes,
Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG),
Austrian Economic Association (NOeG), Österreich
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2018:
Effects of the US Corporate Tax Reform for Europe,
48th Annual Spring Symposium Program,
Washington, DC, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
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2018:
Inverse December Fever,
Workshop on Empirical Analysis of Tax Compliance,
Universität Oslo, Norwegen -
2017:
Spillover From The Haven: Cross-border Externalities Of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms,
CONCORDi ,
Sevilla, Spanien
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2017:
Spillover From The Haven: Cross-border Externalities Of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms,
Forschungsseminar,
Salzburg, Österreich -
2017:
Inverse December Fever,
Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association 2017,
Universität Linz, Österreich
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2017:
Spillover From The Haven: Cross-border Externalities Of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms,
Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association 2017,
Universität Linz, Österreich
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2017:
Spillover From The Haven: Cross-border Externalities Of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms,
RSIT Conference 2017: Tax Policy in the Global Economy,
Universität Tübingen, Deutschland -
2017:
Inverse December Fever,
Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE),
Halle (Saale), Deutschland -
2017:
Spillover From The Haven: Cross-border Externalities Of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms,
WORKSHOP ON ECONOMICS OF TAXATION: "Inequality in a globalized world: a challenge for taxation",
University of Barcelona, Spanien
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2017:
Spillover From The Haven: Cross-border Externalities Of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms,
73rd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance,
Tokio, Japan
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2017:
Inverse December Fever,
73rd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance,
Tokio, Japan
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2017:
Inverse December Fever,
110th Annual Conference of the National Tax Association,
Philadelphia, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
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2017:
Spillover From The Haven: Cross-border Externalities Of Patent Box Regimes Within Multinational Firms,
Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2017,
Universität Wien, Österreich
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2019:
Inverse December Fever,

Memberships
- 2018 - 2019: American Economic Association (AEA), Nashville, United States of America (USA)
- 2017 - 2019: Austrian Economic Association, Vienna, Austria
- 2017 - 2018: International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Munich, Germany
- 2017 - 2018: German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Berlin, Germany
- 2017 - 2018: European Economic Association (EEA), Milan, Italy