Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27600 
more recent Version: 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 08-117
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Current political discussions in Germany and other European countries illustrate the importance accorded to revenue and distribution effects of tax reforms. Whereas widely recognized concepts of effective tax measures can provide important insights into the incentives of taxation they do not allow robust revenue estimations or distribution analyses. Hence there is need to supplement existing quantitative tax models by approaches apt for these issues of policy analysis. Against this background, this paper puts forward a corporate microsimulation model allowing an ex-ante evaluation of tax reforms with regard to distributional consequences and revenue effects. Central feature of the model is the processing of financial statements included in the DAFNE data base of the Bureau van Dijk. The firm-level data is supplemented by survey data on tax accounting practices. The focus of the paper is on the documentation of the model set-up. Its application will be addressed in future publications.
Subjects: 
Microsimulation Model
Corporate Taxation
Policy Analysis
Firm-Level Data
JEL: 
C15
H32
H25
D30
K34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
800.38 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.