apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax … reductions and a controversial overhaul of the transfer system. The simulations show that tax and transfer reforms have had an …

This study provides an overview of current political developments in the tax competition debate, emphasizing the … consequences for large German family businesses. We analyze new tax competition trends in Europe and selected industrialized … countries in recent years. Subsequently, we discuss various international tax policy counter-reactions, namely the Anti-Tax …

We study three budget-neutral reforms of the German tax and transfer system designed to improve work incentives for … people with low incomes: a feasible flat tax reform that provides a basic income which is equal to the current level of the … and full-time work, respectively. We estimate labor supply reactions and welfare effects using a microsimulation model …

Tax incentives are a key component of governments’ investment policy mix as they directly impact companies’ tax burden …. In this paper, we illustrate the EU’s tax attractiveness as investment location over time in terms of effective average … tax rates and evaluate potential tax reform options. Our quantitative assessment of recent tax policies suggests that …

) to allow for alternatives to welfarism. We calculate weights of a social planner’s function as implied by the German tax …

. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel and the microsimulation model STSM, we find that hours and participation elasticities … the working poor. The first reform is financed through an increase in the effective marginal tax rate for welfare …

effective tax rates than domestic firms. We confirm this result using a state-of-the-art propensity score matching approach …