MPI TAX
Vortrag | 23.02.2011 - 24.02.2011 | 19:30
Tax Havens and International Taxation
Thursday, February 24, 2011
13:20 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 14:10 Workshop Opening
14:10 – 15:00 The use of tax havens in exemption regimes
*Anna Gumpert, LMU Munich
James Hines, University of Michigan
Monika Schnitzer, LMU Munich
Discussant: Niels Johannesen, University of Copenhagen
15:00 – 15:50 Repatriation taxes and foreign direct investment: Evidence from tax treaties
*Michael Smart, University of Toronto
Discussant: Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Centre for Business Taxation, University of Oxford
15:50 – 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 – 17:00 Secrecy jurisdictions
*Guttorm Schjelderup, Norwegian School of Economic and Business Administration
Discussant: Alfons Weichenrieder, Frankfurt University
17:00 – 17:50 The determinants of double tax treaty formation
*Jenny Ligthart, University of Tilburg
Mina Vlachaki, University of Tilburg
Johannes Voget, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation
Discussant: Thiess Büttner, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
17:50 – 18:10 Coffee break
18:10 – 19:00 Bank secrecy, illicit money and offshore financial centers
*Pierre Picard, University of Luxembourg
Discussant: Julian Alworth, Università Luigi Bocconi
19:00 Conference dinner

 

Friday, February 25, 2011
9:00 – 09:50 Tax competition with and without tax discrimination against domestic firms
*John D. Wilson, Michigan State University
Discussant: Andreas Haufler, LMU Munich
9:50 – 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 – 11:10 Corporate and individual use of tax havens
*Harry Grubert, U.S. Treasury Department
Discussant: Christian Keuschnigg, University of St. Gallen
11:10 – 12:00 Fighting multiple tax havens
*May Elsayyad, MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
Kai A. Konrad, MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
Discussant: Fritz Foley, Harvard Business School
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:50 Treasure Islands
*James Hines, University of Michigan
Discussant: Hugh J. Ault, Boston College Law School
13:50 – 14:30 Round-up discussion