This paper analyses the relationship between corporate governance and tax avoidance. We use a regression discontinuity design (RDD) in a two-stage instrumental variable and take advantage of the exogenous variation in the index membership around the DAX and MDAX threshold. We suppose the...

This paper investigates the dynamics of group decisions regarding risky tax avoidance strategies using a laboratory experiment. To identify the causes of risk taking by groups, we compare individual to group decisions in three scenarios. The first scenario allocates payoffs from group decisions...

Die seit langem kontrovers diskutierte Frage, ob es beim Übergang zur nachgelagerten Rentenbesteuerung zu einer unzulässige Doppelbesteuerung kommt, lässt sich klar beantworten. Wenn die Sonderausgaben, die in der Rentenphase aus den Beiträgen zur gesetzlichen Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung...

In this paper we apply conjoint analysis to study the influence of changes in the tax rate and the tax base on the perceived tax burden. Our results show that the majority of individuals do not make rational tax decisions based on the actual tax burden, but rather use simple decision heuristics....