The paper uses fiscal reaction functions for a panel of euro-area countries. We investigate whether euro membership has reduced the responsiveness to shocks in the level of inherited debt. Compared with the performance in the period between signing of the Maastricht Treaty and introduction of...

Die zum 1. Mai 2004 der Europäischen Union beigetretenen mittel- und osteuropäischen Staaten weisen Steuerbelastungen der Unternehmen aus, die meist weit unter dem Niveau liegen, welches die 15 bisherigen Mitgliedsländer einfordern. Vor diesem Hintergrund forderten Deutschland und Frankreich...

In its Cadbury-Schweppes decision of 12 September 2006 (C-196/04), the Court of Justice of the European Union decided that the UK controlled foreign corporation rules, which were implemented to subject low taxed passive income of foreign affiliates to UK corporate tax, implied an infringement of...