Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Unternehmensbesteuerung und Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-050 // 2021

    Dispelling the Shadow of Fiscal Dominance? Fiscal and Monetary Announcement Effects for Euro Area Sovereign Spreads in the Corona Pandemic

    We use event study regressions to compare the impact of EU monetary versus fiscal policy announcements on government bond spreads of ten euro member countries. Our motivation is to evaluate which of the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-047 // 2021

    Tax Strategy Disclosure: A Greenwashing Mandate?

    We investigate the effects of a qualitative tax disclosure mandate aimed at improving tax transparency and compliance by imposing reputational costs for firms. We use, as an exogenous shock, the 2016 UK reform…

  3. ZEW policy brief Nr. 21-02 // 2021

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

    Anfang 2021 hat die Europäische Kommission den formalen Prozess zur Entwicklung eines stabilen   regulatorischen und steuerlichen Rahmens zur Bewältigung der Herausforderungen der digitalen   Wirtschaft wieder…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 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…