Is it possible that some of the decisions pertaining to taxation are based on latent cultural aspects? This study, set in a purely European context, seeks to analyze tax variations within Europe through the lens of cultural variations. Specifically, how trust, confidence and equality matter with...

This paper examines the relationship between culture and country competitiveness along one specific dimension of culture, namely a populaces' tendency towards being work inclined vs. being leisure inclined. We base the study on Taylorism and the notion that a high-work inclination leads to...

The current article seeks to explore if we can scientifically determine some rudimentary behavioural practices that lead certain people to act in a more sustainable manner compared to others. To accomplish this, a set of values and attitudes are collected from varying demographics throughout...

Die jüngste Weltfinanzkrise hat weltweit zu starken Belastungen der öffentlichen Finanzen geführt. In der Folge dieser Entwicklung gerieten einige Eurozonen-Mitgliedsländer in Solvenzkrisen und mithin die gesamte Europäische Wahrungsunion (EWU) in Gefahr. In der Folge dieser Entwicklungen...

The European economy was hit by a confidence shock in 2009 when the Greek government of Papandreou discovered the true amount of public deficit. The subsequent loss of trust in European fiscal governance reduced financial markets' willingness to lend to indebted governments. The European Union...

Die jüngste Weltfinanzkrise hat weltweit zu starken Belastungen der öffentlichen Finanzen geführt. In der Folge dieser Entwicklung gerieten einige Eurozonen-Mitgliedsländer in Solvenzkrisen und mithin die gesamte Europäische Währungsunion (EWU) in Gefahr. In der Folge dieser Entwicklungen...

The means by which macroeconomic goals such as growth, price stability, and full employment are managed have gone through major changes in the European Union. The introduction of a single currency and the Code of Conduct on harmful tax competition are two prime examples of this transformation....