Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/167477 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6491
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In 2006, the reform of the German fiscal constitution realigned legislative powers between the federal and the state governments. Since 2007, the German state governments have been allowed to design real estate transfer tax rates. We investigate whether government ideology predicts the levels and increases in the real estate transfer tax rates; and show that leftwing and center governments were more active in increasing the real estate transfer tax rates than rightwing governments. The result is important because many voters were disenchanted with the policies and platforms of the established German parties in the course of the euro and refugee crisis. Disenchantment notwithstanding, the established political parties are still prepared to offer polarized policies.
Subjects: 
taxation
real estate transfer tax
reform
partisan politics
government ideology
German states
JEL: 
D72
H20
H71
P16
R38
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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