We trace back Romania’s development to a low-tax country among the Member States of the European Union by analysing the major tax law changes in corporate taxation since 1992. We find that the significant reduction of the corporate income tax rate from 45% in 1992 to 16% since 2005 has not...

Ziel dieser Studie ist es, für die 28 EU-Staaten sowie die Schweiz, Norwegen, Republik Mazedonien, Türkei, USA, Kanada und Japan effektive Steuersätze zu ermitteln. Dabei stützt sich die Berechnung der inländischen und grenzüberschreitenden marginalen und durchschnittlichen...

We study the effect of digital tax measures on firm value. By employing an event study methodology, we analyze investor reaction to the European Commission's proposals on the taxation of digital corporations. Examining the stock returns of potentially affected corporations surrounding the draft...

Over the past decade, policymakers, non-profit organizations, and the media have demanded greater transparency by multinational firms regarding their global operations and tax payments. These demands are motivated by the assumption that multinational firms engage in aggressive planning...

With its Action Plan for a Fairer and Efficient Corporate Tax System (COM (2015) 302) published on 17 June 2015, the European Commission relaunched the idea of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (European Commission (2015a)). The respective proposals for a Council Directive have recently...

This paper discusses the impact and the appropriateness of tax incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union. First, we provide a survey of implemented tax incentives specifically targeted at SMEs in the 28 EU Member States. Building hereon, we measure the impact...