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Die Unternehmensteuerreform 2008: Eine Reformalternative für Deutschland?

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  • Doina Maria Rădulescu
  • Michael Stimmelmayr

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The latest German tax reform addresses the reduction of the corporate tax burden as well as the issue of tax shifting activities by multinationals. With the aid of ifoMOD, a dynamic computable general equilibrium model, we quantify the outcome of this reform. Our results show that the reform induces a significant decline in corporate sector investments since those firms suffer a cumulative double taxation. As a consequence, GDP decreases by 0.6% in the long‐run and overall welfare declines by 0.7% in terms of GDP. The economic activity could, however, be enhanced, if one would abstract from taxing capital gains.

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  • Doina Maria Rădulescu & Michael Stimmelmayr, 2008. "Die Unternehmensteuerreform 2008: Eine Reformalternative für Deutschland?," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 9(1), pages 19-36, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:perwir:v:9:y:2008:i:1:p:19-36
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2516.2007.00260.x
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