We argue that the impact of capital gains taxation on asset pricing depends on the tax awareness of market participants. While institutional investors should be generally wellinformed about tax regulations, private investors have only limited tax knowledge and resources. As a result, market...

We analyze the impact of the French 2012 financial transaction tax (FTT) on trading volumes, stock prices, stock liquidity and volatility. We extend the empirical research by the identification of FTT announcement and short-run treatment effects, which may distort difference-in-differences...

We investigate the impact of the French 2012 financial transaction tax on trading volumes and volatility. We extend empirical research by analyzing announcement and short-run treatment effects, migration effects, and long-run volatility measures. We find a strong short-run impact on trading...

We analyze the usefulness of accounting information on tax loss carryforwards and negative performance to predict earnings and cash flows. We use hand-collected information on tax loss carryforwards and the corresponding deferred taxes from the International Financial Reporting Standards tax...

We examine an international panel of domestic firms to quantify the degree to which conforming tax avoidance changes with statutory tax rates. We derive an alternative estimation method that identifies conforming tax avoidance from the variation of tax rates over time and across countries. We...

We analyze how tax incentives (bonus depreciation) affect real investment choices of firms by exploiting an exogenous variation in regional tax regulation in former East Germany (Development Area Law, DAL). Our rich administrative panel data for the universe of German manufacturing firms at the...

Der vorliegende Beitrag schätzt die Bürokratiekosten der Grundsteuerreform 2022 mit Hilfe des Standardkostenmodells der Bundesregierung (SKM) und qualitativer Experteninterviews auf eine Bandbreite von 3,84 Mrd. € und 6,88 Mrd. € (im Mittelwert 5,37 Mrd. €). Dies entspricht 3,48 % und...

Unter Verwendung des Konzepts äquivalenter Einkommen vergleichen wir acht verschiedene Typen von Arbeitnehmerhaushalten im Hinblick auf ihre Nettobelastung aus Steuern, Sozialbeiträgen und Transferzahlungen aus dem ALG II. Anhand des Kriteriums horizontaler Gleichheit können wir darlegen,...

Die Komplexität der Besteuerung lässt sich aus ökonomischer Perspektive anhand der daraus resultierenden Kostenbelastung beschreiben, wobei zwischen den administrativen Kosten der staatlichen Verwaltung und den Bürokratiekosten der Steuerpflichtigen zu unterscheiden ist. Bürokratiekosten...