Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Unternehmensbesteuerung und Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 26-008 // 2026

    Distance Matters: Geographical Proximity and Fiscal Rules Enforcement

    A reform in the German state of Hesse selectively shifted the responsibility for overseeing and enforcing a balanced budget rule at the municipal level. Oversight was transferred from politically affiliated…

  2. ZEW Monthly // 2026

    01-02/2026 – Steuerwirkungen

    Die internationale Steuerpolitik befindet sich in einer Phase umfassender Reformen – von der globalen Mindeststeuer bis zu Anpassungen auf kommunaler Ebene. Wie greifen neue Regeln ineinander und welche Folgen…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 26-007 // 2026

    Transfer Price Documentation Rules and Multinational Firm Behavior – Evidence from France

    In recent years, a growing number of countries have enacted tax rules that require multinational enterprises (MNEs) to document their intra-firm trade prices and show that they are set as in third-party trade.…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 26-005 // 2026

    ECB Council Members’ Objectives and Public Debt at Home – Evidence From an AI-Based Textual Analysis

    We examine the changing attention that ECB Governing Council members pay to different policy objectives by analysing more than 4,600 speeches given between the establishment of the ECB and the summer of 2024.…

  5. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2026

    Transfer price documentation rules and multinational firm behavior - Evidence from France

    In recent years, a growing number of countries have enacted tax rules that require multinational enterprises (MNEs) to document their intra-firm trade prices and demonstrate that they are set as in third-party…

  6. #ZEWPodcast // 2026

    (Kompakt) Schweizer Steuersenkung von Kommunen neutralisiert

    Die kantonalen Steuersätze im Schweizer Kanton Bern wurden 2011/2012 deutlich gesenkt – vor allem für niedrige und mittlere Einkommen. Doch viele Gemeinden reagierten darauf mit kräftigen Erhöhungen ihrer…