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Empirical Tax Research

TAX 913 for Doctoral Students

Lecturers Prof. Dr. Johannes Voget
Prof. Dr. Philipp Dörrenberg
Frequency Spring Semester
Courses Lecture
ECTS 10
Language English
Form of Assessment Essay and/or presentation

Course Content

This course gives an introduction to the main subjects and methodologies of empirical taxation research. Important landmark papers as well as contributions from the current research frontier will be discussed. If the relevant data is available, students get the chance to understand the empirical approach in practice in the computer lab. Following topics may be included:

  • Tax incidence
  • Tax efficiency
  • Taxes in the context of mergers and acquisition
  • Taxation of multinationals
  • Tax avoidance and tax evasion
  • Capital taxation
  • Labor taxation

 

Learning outcomes: The course should enable participants to identify gaps in the existing literature and to evaluate the potential of new research ideas. As a primary objective, the course supports students in developing their empirical research projects.

 


Schedule

Type From To Weekday From To Room
Lecture 10.02.20
14.02.20
25.05.20
29.05.20
Monday
Friday
13:45
15:30
17:00
17:00
SO 133
SO 133

Registration

You can register for the course via the course catalog on the CDSB website.