Taxes on the highly skilled are an important cost factor for companies competing internationally for talent. This book provides an international comparison of the effective level of taxes and social security charges imposed on highly qualified employees. Based on a newly developed inter-temporal...

Problemstellung -- Problemstellung -- Theoretische Grundlagen -- Steuerwirkung -- Steuerwettbewerb -- Investitionsneutrale Besteuerung -- Effektivsteuersätze -- Bekannte Definitionen -- Die Zusammenführung der Definitionen -- Vergleich der Definitionen -- Steuerbelastungsvergleich -- Empirie...

Central bankers play a prominent role in many societies; a few of them even become oracles or celebrities. Yet they are not paid much heed - commonly accorded little respect - as educators and intellectual leaders. This volume hopes to change that. For the world's best central bankers, portrayed...