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Das IWH im Kurzportrait Das Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) wurde mit Wirkung zum 1. Januar 1992 gegründet. Als Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft wird sein…
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14.10.2021 • 25/2021
Gemeinschaftsdiagnose Herbst 2021: Krise wird allmählich überwunden – Handeln an geringerem Wachstum ausrichten
Die wirtschaftliche Lage in Deutschland ist nach wie vor von der Corona-Pandemie gekennzeichnet. Eine vollständige Normalisierung kontaktintensiver Aktivitäten ist kurzfristig nicht zu erwarten. Außerdem behindern Lieferengpässe vorerst das Verarbeitende Gewerbe. Im Verlauf des Jahres 2022 dürfte die deutsche Wirtschaft wieder die Normalauslastung erreichen. Gemäß Prognose der Institute steigt das Bruttoinlandsprodukt im Jahr 2021 um 2,4% und wird im Jahr 2022 um 4,8% zulegen.
Oliver Holtemöller
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National Culture and Housing Credit
Chrysovalantis Gaganis, Iftekhar Hasan, Fotios Pasiouras
Journal of Empirical Finance,
March
2020
Abstract
Using a sample of around 30 countries over the period 2001–2015, this study provides evidence that deeply rooted cultural differences are significantly associated with the use of mortgage debt. More detailed, we find that power distance and uncertainty avoidance have a negative impact on the value of the total outstanding residential loans to GDP. This finding is robust across various specifications and the use of alternative measures of mortgage debt. In contrast, trust has a positive and robust impact on all the measures of mortgage debt. Other dimensions of national culture like long-term orientation, individualism, and indulgence, also appear to matter; however, their impact depends on the control variables and the employed measure of mortgage debt.
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Local Taxes and Capital Structure Choice
Reint E. Gropp
International Tax and Public Finance,
Nr. 1,
2002
Abstract
This paper investigates the question of taxation and capital structure choice in Germany. Germany represents an excellent case study for investigating the question of whether and to what extent taxes influence the debt-equity decision of firms, because the relative tax burdens on debt and equity vary greatly across communities. German communities levy local taxes on profits and long-term debt payments in addition to personal and corporate taxes on the federal level. A stylized model is presented incorporating these taxes. The model shows that local taxes create substantial incentives for firms to use debt financing. Furthermore, the paper empirically investigates the effect of local business taxes on the share of debt used to finance incremental investments by German firms. I find that local taxes significantly influence the capital structure choice of firms, controlling for a large number of other factors. In an extensive sensitivity analysis the tax effect are found to be robust across several different specifications.
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