The paper studies the political and economic determinants of regional public transfers. Specifically, it focuses on how such transfers are shaped by alternative fiscalconstitutions, where a constitution is an allocation of fiscal instruments across different levels of governments plus a...

Formula Apportionment ist derzeit ein intensiv diskutierter Ansatz zur Aufteilung der Bemessungsgrundlage von multinationalen Konzernen. Dabei können Systeme, bei denen die Aufteilungsformel in allen Jurisdiktionen gleich ist und solche, bei denen die Jurisdiktionen die Faktorengewichtungen...

Using firm-level data for 1,084 parent firms in 24 countries and for 9,497 subsidiaries in 54 countries, we show that tax-motivated profit shifting is larger among subsidiaries in countries that have stable corporate tax rates over time. Our findings further suggest that firms move away from...

In a recent paper, Louis Eeckhoudt and Harris Schlesinger [1] established a theorem linking the sign of the n-th derivative of an agent's utility function to her preferences among pairs of simple lotteries. In this paper, we characterize these lotteries and show that they only differ by their...

According to transfer pricing rules, the allocation of assets, functions and risks within multinational companies determines the distribution of profits. This gives multinationals the incentive to shift valuable assets, complex functions and high risks to low tax countries. Whereas the...

This study investigates the effect of a Turnover-based Corporate Income Tax (TbCIT) on corporate risk-taking. TbCIT is a simplified presumptive tax levied on a firm's turnover and commonly applied to SMEs and hard-to-tax income. Using a rich sample of Indonesian firms for the years 2009 to 2021,...

This paper proposes two metrics to correctly measure under optimal capital structures the impact of corporate statutory tax rates (a) on the effective tax rate, and (b) on the operational risk of capital investment projects and their parent firm's project portfolio. For illustrative and...

This paper deals with the effects of tax rate uncertainty on risk-neutral and risk-averse investment behavior. We analyze effects of stochastic tax rates on both real and financial investment. It emerges that under risk neutrality as well as under risk aversion, increased tax rate uncertainty...

I formulate a political-economy model of a fiscal union where the threat of secession imposes a limit on fiscal redistribution between regions. I argue that the trade-off between implementing the region's preferred fiscal policy and benefiting from inter-regional risk sharing depends on the...

This study analyses the extent of fiscal risk sharing and redistribution for Austria from 2000 to 2019. Overall, fiscal policy smooths about one tenth of regional GDP shocks. While this is primarily driven by the federal budget and social security funds, there is also a significant contribution...