An extensive literature has analyzed the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation enacted in 2002, but its social welfare consequences remain controversial. One of the most significant provisions of SOX – auditor attestation of internal controls under Section 404(b) – has been applied only to firms...

Die Angemessenheit von Bankenregulierung wird aktuell in Wissenschaft und Praxis intensiv diskutiert. Bankwirtschaftliche ComplianceVorgaben sind dabei ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Debatte und rücken zunehmend in den Vordergrund. Viele kleine und mittlere Banken, zu denen auch viele...

Die Auswirkungen der Bankenregulierung auf die Kreditinstitute sind in der genossenschaftlichen FinanzGruppe ein sehr intensiv diskutiertes Thema. Es besteht die Befürchtung, dass ein unproportionaler regulatorischer Markteingriff die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von regional aufgestellten Banken...

Die in Folge der Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise kontinuierlich steigenden regulatorischen Anforderungen an die Kreditwirtschaft resultieren in einer erhöhten Kostenbelastung durch die Implementierung und laufende Erfüllung zusätzlicher Bestimmungen. Da bürokratischen Anforderungen...

How to fight petty day-to-day corruption is a question often debated by politicians, by the public and in the economic literature. Early studies have noted that a simple and well-known way to fight day-to-day corruption is to create competition among corrupt officials. This paper shows that even...

Enste and Wicher suggest that political regulation is always wealth-reducing. However, their analysis neglects various relevant determinants of the wealth indicator. Economic wealth cannot be estimated from the quantity of regulation, as quality and other aspects matter. Hence, political acumen...

This paper reviews the published literature on the definition and measurement of the administrative and compliance costs of taxation, with special reference to VAT (including evasion and fraud) in the European Union. -- Taxation ; Subsidies ; Revenue

The compliance costs of private taxpayers are not only affected by the tax law itself but also by its implementation through the tax authorities. In this paper we analyze the effect of the tax authorities on the burden of complying with tax regulations. Using survey data of Belgian businesses...

Über die Parteigrenzen hinweg sind sich die deutschen Politiker einig, dass die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Deutschlands als rohstoffarmes Land durch einen hohen Bildungsgrad und den Reichtum an Humankapital mitbestimmt wird. Die Autoren kommen zu dem Ergebnis, dass zu viele...

Previous work has shown that a significant number of preference eligible goods are imported into the EU from developing countries at relatively small values and that the rate of preference utilisation of these imports are low and in many cases zero. This fact is unobserved in the aggregate...

In recent decades, the European postal industry has undergone profound reforms, which aim to promote competition while simultaneously maintaining a high level of universal services for consumers. It is often put forth that market opening and the emergence of competition will foster innovation in...

Previous work has shown that a significant number of preference eligible goods are imported into the EU from developing countries at relatively small values and that the rate of preference utilisation of these imports are low and in many cases zero. This fact is unobserved in the aggregate...

We analyze the compliance costs of individual taxpyers resulting from the German income tax. using survey data that has been raised between December 2008 and April 2009, we find evidence for a considerably higher cost burden of self-employed taxpaxers. Taxable income and the demand for external...