H.-W. Sinn, Präsident des Münchner ifo-Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung sowie einflußreicher wie medienpräsenter neoliberaler Ökonom, formuliert auch in seinem neuen Buch zur Umweltökonomie pointiert und provokant (vgl. zuletzt "Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?", BA 1/04; "Die...

Setting minimum tax rates is a well discussed way of mitigating pressure from tax competition. This paper investigates which motives shape the support for a minimum corporate tax among politicians. We make use of a unique data base: a survey among members of the European parliament. Our results...

As shown in Sinn and Wollmershäuser (2012a), during the European balance-of-payments crisis, inter-governmental credit and Target credit granted by core-country central banks have replaced private international capital flows in financing the crisis countries' current account deficits, and even...