In entrepreneurial decisions making uncertain future profits often are a main characteristics of real investment opportunities. If investors can react to uncertainty the degree of irreversibility and timing flexibility inherent in the available project should be integrated into the decision...

In this paper we analyze the impact of various minimum taxation concepts on corporate investment decisions. These investments can be realized in the form of either a real or a financial investment. In a quantitative analysis we refer to the future values of the investments as an indicator of...

In this paper we analyze reform concepts aiming to harmonize group taxation throughout the EU. The Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) enables European multinationals to determine their tax burden using a common tax base. By contrast, the European Tax Allocation System (ETAS) is based...

With an empirical study of the results of the reduction in the income tax schedule by the German red-green government two suitable scales for an evaluation of distributional effects of tax policy are discussed: the redistribution of tax burden and the redistribution of income caused by the...

This paper analyzes the impact of taxation on risk-taking under irreversibility. We integrate a simple tax system into a real option model. Under irreversibility and risk neutrality, raising the tax rate can either increase or reduce risk-taking. We numerically derive tax-volatility indifference...

The income tax code of law (EStGB) of Paul Kirchhof (Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, retd.) is a proposal to reform the income tax and the corporate tax, which was much-noticed in politics and media. The article examines the taxation of shares under the EStGB. In particular effects on...

This paper analyses the effects of the periodic taxation principle on the repatriation policy of a multinational firm. A domestic investor decides on real versus financial investment both of which can be realised either in a foreign branch or a foreign subsidiary. Loss-offset restrictions and...

In 2005, Austria changed its group taxation and now provides an option for cross-border loss-offset. We analyze the combined impact of Austria's new group taxation and loss-offset limitations on cross-border investment decisions of Austrian corporations. Monte Carlo-simulations in an...

We analyze the impact of taxation on the option to defer an investment decision and derive tax rates that do not influence the extent of postponement. Furthermore, we deduce from this option pricing framework a measure of an investor's disposition towards realizing an investment project under...

Investment and finance decisions are often made under consideration of taxes. But the applied models use a very simplified tax base. This paper analyses the economic effects resulting from such a simplified tax planning. The analysis is based on a business model simulation applying empirical...