Pensions and broader forms of retirement income do not stop at national borders. As part of globalization, individuals increasingly spend part of their working or retirement life abroad but want to keep or move their acquired rights, accumulated retirement assets, or benefits in payment freely...

The paper surveys the characteristics of the common European VAT system, proposed by the EU-Commission to overcome the weaknesses of the transitional European VAT system, which was enacted in 1993 and is still in force. We argue that a harmonized VAT rate will generate substantial costs for EU...

Die weltweite Steuerreformdiskussion der achtziger Jahre gründet sich auf die theoretische und die empirische Evidenz r daß die bestehenden Einkommensteuersysteme gravierende allokative und administrative Mängel aufweisen. Die Hypothese, daß Steuerreformschritte in Richtung auf ein...