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Kai Brückerhoff Selected as Top 40 Under 40
Kai Brückerhoff, a former research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, has been awarded the title of "Young Elite - Top 40 Under 40" of 2020 in the category "Politics and Government" by the...[more]
More informationLaw Books of the Year 2020
“Die Steuerumgehung” by Prof. Dr. Christine Osterloh-Konrad, a former senior research fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, is on this year's list of recommended legal literature.[more]
More informationDr. Johanna Stark awarded Otto Schmidt Prize
Dr. Johanna Stark, a senior research fellow at the Institute, has been awarded the Otto Schmidt Prize for publications in the field of international law.[more]
More informationKick-off for the Global Virtual Seminar Series on Contests & Conflict
Bath - Beijing - Cincinnati - Los Angeles - Munich - Singapore - Sydney—On November 18th, 2020 the Global Seminar on Contests & Conflict was launched.[more]
More informationAlmuni Award for Savvas Kostikidis
Savvas Kostikidis, a research associate at the Institute, has won this year’s "Award of the Alumni Association of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance" for his article “Influencer Income and Tax Treaties”.[more]
More informationPodcast: Is it Worth it?
Why is social inequality steadily growing in Germany? What are the costs of perfect immunity? And how is it that the state is so active in economic policy? Many questions which are answered in an English-language podcast focusing...[more]
More informationToo Many Poor May Harm Redistribution
In a small two-class society democratic redistribution might only work if the size ratio between the rich and the poor is not too large, a study at the Institute shows. If the number of poor is larger than the square of the...[more]
More informationCaroline Heber Concludes Her Habilitation
PD Dr. Caroline Heber, senior research fellow at the Institute, has successfully completed her habilitation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She is now authorized to teach tax law, financial law and European...[more]
More informationInterview: A Turning Point in International Tax Law
When the G20 finance ministers meet in mid-October, they will be negotiating a paradigm shift in international tax law: which state will be allowed to tax corporate profits in the future, profits generated not just by tech giants...[more]
More informationPrestigious Prize for "Law for Sale"
Dr. Johanna Stark, a senior research fellow at the Institute, was awarded for her doctoral thesis with one of Germany’s most highly remunerated dissertation awards in the field of economics and social sciences.[more]
More informationCorinna Coupette Receives Otto Hahn Medal
Dr. Corinna Coupette was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal for her research at the interface between law and computer science.[more]
More informationMPI in the Media: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
Difficult times, in which nobody knows exactly what to do, also offer us the chance to push through individual interests. Dusty proposals and draft laws are put back on the table as a panacea: If only the politicians had listened...[more]
More informationMPI in the Media: Citizenship Trade Inside the EU
'Golden Passport' programmes not only make the EU vulnerable for money laundering, tax evasion and corruption, but also create false incentives from a welfare economics perspective, Kai A. Konrad, Director at the MPI for Tax Law...[more]
More informationMPI in the Media: ESM Credit Line Instead of Coronabonds
Julian Pröbstl, research assistant at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance argues that resorting to the ESM credit line is to be preferred to issuing coronabonds because the former is legally more certain and can be implemented...[more]
More informationAndreas Martin Fleckner joins Humboldt University of Berlin
Andreas Martin Fleckner, former head of the Otto Hahn Group on Financial Regulation at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, joined the law faculty of Humboldt University of Berlin in February and was appointed...[more]
More informationLaunch of new Hugh Ault Fellowship Programme
The Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance has launched a new visiting fellows programme for outstanding young researchers. It bears the name of Hugh Ault, professor emeritus at Boston College Law School,...[more]
More informationMax Planck Economics Podcast on How to Tax Couples
What is a fair and/or efficient way to tax couples? Jointly on the income of both the partners? Or individually? How does this decision change when we account for the value of household goods and services that are produced and...[more]
More informationCall for Applications
The Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution (PECR) Summer School is aimed at young researchers in the early stage of their careers as PhD students and Postdocs, notably in the fields of Economics and Political Science....[more]
More information”Law for Sale” one of the Law Books of the Year 2019
“Law for Sale” by Dr. Johanna Stark, a Senior Research Fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, is on this year’s list of the ”Law Books of the Year” published in Germany’s most read legal weekly magazine “Neue...[more]
More informationThe rich, the poor and social cooperation
Rich people are believed to be more cooperative than poor people, Dr. Andrea Martinangeli, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute found out. This might be good news. People tend to condition their cooperation on what is...[more]
More informationFor women, stress and competition is a bad combination
In general, both men and women perform better in competitive situations. However, when women are in a state of elevated stress, competition has the opposite effect and leads to worse performance. As a consequence, women under...[more]
More informationMax Planck Economics Podcast: Social Media and the Survival of Autocracies
Does the Internet and social media enable more communication and organisation between citizens than authoritarian regimes can bear? Or do they merely lead to new forms of censorship? In a new episode of the Max Planck Economics...[more]
More informationThe Limits of International Fiscal Coordination
Time, place and topic were in keeping with each other: In London, on the date Brexit had been due at the end of March 2019, leading jurists, accounting scholars and economists from academia, business and government gathered to...[more]
More informationOn the Composition of Legal Texts
“How do lawyers compose their texts?” was the question in focus of a lecture given by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schön at the 2019 Theme Concerts in Munich. [more]
More informationLisa Windsteiger wins Kurt Rothschild Prize
Lisa Windsteiger was honored with a Kurt Rothschild Prize for her study on “The Redistributive Consequences of Segregation”. The prize, which is awarded jointly by the SPÖ Parliamentary Club and the Karl Renner Institute, honors...[more]
More informationFour Awards for Chiara Balbinot
Dr. Chiara Balbinot, a former research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, has received four academic awards for her PhD thesis. [more]
More informationMax Planck Economics Podcast: How to Motivate Teams for Cognitively Challenging Tasks
Bonus secured, motivation gone? In the new Max Planck Economics Podcast we learn that bonus payments can motivate teams to solve cognitively challenging tasks and – contrary to popular claim – do not crowd-out intrinsic...[more]
More informationMax Planck Economics Podcast: Entrance Fees for Refugees? Lottery Tickets for Parliament?
Instead of wasting their money on traffickers, immigrants should be able to buy migration certificates from host countries. Seats in parliament should be assigned randomly, to make sure that the population is represented...[more]
More informationDie Bibliothek – ein Labor
Am 24. Oktober ist Tag der Bibliotheken. Peter Weber, der Bibliotheksleiter an den Max-Planck-Instituten für Steuerrecht und Öffentliche Finanzen sowie für Innovation und Wettbewerb, spricht mit der Redaktion der...[more]
More informationMax Planck Economics Podcast: Does Participatory Theatre Empower Women?
In the second episode of our Economics Podcast we talk to Professor Jyotsna Jalan from the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences in Calcutta, India. We discuss whether and how participatory theatre in rural India influences the...[more]
More informationChristine Osterloh-Konrad Awarded Albert Hensel Prize
Prof. Dr. Christine Osterloh-Konrad was awarded the Albert Hensel Prize 2018 for her habilitation thesis "Die Steuerumgehung – Eine rechtsvergleichende und rechtstheoretische Analyse". With this prize, the Deutsche...[more]
More informationMore Brussels, less Berlin?
On the occasion of the Max Planck Day 2018, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schön, Director at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, Director at the MPI for Social Law and Social Policy, addressed the...[more]
More informationMax Planck Economics Podcast
We are pleased to announce the Max Planck Economics Podcast, a series of in-depth conversations with selected guests of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance.[more]
More information“Forschungspreis Soziale Marktwirtschaft: Third place for Marta Castelon”
Dr. Marta Castelon, a former research associate at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, was again awarded for her doctoral thesis – with one of Germany’s most highly remunerated awards in the field of economics and social...[more]
More informationLeopoldo Parada Wins the Prestigious Sorbonne Tax Thesis Award
Dr. Leopoldo Paradas’s doctoral thesis entitled “Double Non-Taxation and the Use of Hybrid Entities. An Alternative Approach in the New Era of BEPS (2018)” was awarded the Sorbonne Tax Thesis Award 2018. Leopoldo Parada wrote his...[more]
More informationHostility towards minorities can be contagious
If people act hostile towards other ethnic groups, they easily find imitators.[more]
More informationAmanda Duque dos Santos awarded Albert J. Rädler Medal 2017
Amanda Duque dos Santos, a research associate at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, has been honoured with the Albert J. Rädler Medal 2017. The prize was awarded for her master’s thesis titled “Transfer-Pricing Rules and...[more]
More informationConference: Is the euro sustainable - and what if not?
Leading German and international economist discussed the resilience of the euro and the management of consequences and expenses of a potential collapse of the euro at the invitation of the international business school ESMT...[more]
More informationJohanna Stark Member of the Future Faculty
Dr. Johanna Stark, a senior research fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, has been invited to help shape the jurisprudential project “Future Faculty” (Zukunftsfakultät), funded by the research network “Recht im...[more]
More informationChristine Osterloh-Konrad accepts call to University of Tübingen
PD Dr. Christine Osterloh-Konrad, a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, has accepted a call to the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. She will take over the Chair of Private Law,...[more]
More informationMarta Castelon awarded another academic prize for her dissertation
Dr. Marta Castelon, a former research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, was honoured with a prize for her PhD thesis "International taxation of income from services under double tax conventions...[more]
More informationWolfang Schön Delivers Max Weber Lecture
Wolfgang Schön, a director at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, delivered the prestigious Max Weber Lecture at the European University Institute in Fiesole on “Taxation and Democracy” on 11 October 2017. [more]
More informationAcademic Prize for Dr. Carsten Hohmann
Dr. Carsten Hohmann’s doctoral thesis was awarded the “Wissenschaftspreis” / “Academic Prize” of the Munich Chamber of Tax Consultants. Carsten wrote his doctoral thesis at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance. If you read...[more]
More informationBest Law Books of 2017
“Regulation and Private Law” by Alexander Hellgardt, a former senior research fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, has been recommended as one of this year’s best law books. [more]
More informationKai A. Konrad delivers Huang Da-Mundell Lecture
Prof. Dr. Kai A. Konrad, a director at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, was honoured to deliver the prestigious Huang Da-Mundell Lecture at Renmin University of China on 25 September 2017.[more]
More informationWhistleblowing – Deterring the use of offshore banking services
Whistleblowers are not only helping to disclose immoral or criminal acts but also to deter offenders. Niels Johannesen from the University of Copenhagen and Tim Stolper from the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance...[more]
More informationChristine Osterloh-Konrad Concludes Her Habilitation
PD Dr. Christine Osterloh-Konrad, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute, has successfully concluded her habilitation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich (LMU). Her teaching qualification covers the area of civil...[more]
More informationCall for Papers: Postdoctoral Conference on Tax Law
The Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance invites young scholars to attend the 4th Max Planck European Postdoctoral Conference on Tax Law which will be held on 15-16 January 2018 in Munich. The Conference provides...[more]
More informationTwo Awards on the IFA Congress 2017 in Rio
Two awards have been granted to academics of the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance at the August/September 71st Congress of the International Fiscal Association in Rio de Janeiro. Dr. Carsten Hohmann, a former Research Associate...[more]
More informationHandelsblatt Economists’ Ranking 2017
In the recently published “Handelsblatt VWL-Ranking 2017” Prof. Dr. Kai A. Konrad, Director at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, ranks fifth in the selection “Lebenswerk – Gesamtforschungsleistung”. [more]
More informationEmile Noël Fellowship granted to Dr. Caroline Heber
Dr. Caroline Heber, a Senior Research Fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, has been appointed as a Global Emile Noël Fellow at the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice at New York...[more]
More informationDr. Marta Castelon awarded Prize of the Munich University Society
Dr. Marta Castelon, former Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, was honored with a prize for her PhD thesis entitled "International taxation of income under services under double tax...[more]
More informationNewsletter Issue 6
We are pleased to announce the sixth issue of the newsletter of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance. [more]
More information“International Tax Law Award 2017” for Dr. Angelika Meindl-Ringler
Dr. Angelika Meindl-Ringler, former research associate at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, received the “International Tax Law Award 2017” of the German Federal Chamber of Tax Consultants (BStBK) for her doctoral thesis...[more]
More informationGerritsen Appointed Assistant Professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dr Aart Gerritsen, a Senior Research Fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, was appointed as assistant professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. On 1 June 2017 he will join the Department of Economics at the...[more]
More informationThree dissertations honoured with Faculty Award
Dr. Johanna Stark, a Senior Research Fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance since January 2017 and Dr. Angelika Meindl-Ringler, a former Research Associate at the Institute, have been awarded the Faculty Award 2016 for...[more]
More informationWolfgang Schön Honoured with Francqui Chair
With an inaugural lecture on “The Future of International Tax Law” delivered on 16 March 2017, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schön took up the International Franqui Professor Chair at the University of Antwerp. [more]
More informationKai A. Konrad Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the ZEW
Prof. Dr. Kai A. Konrad has been awarded the post of Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. [more]
More informationAlexander Hellgardt accepts call to Regensburg University
Prof. Dr. Alexander Hellgardt, Senior Research Fellow at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, has accepted a call to Regensburg University. He will take over the Chair of Private Law, Corporate Law and Jurisprudence, on 1...[more]
More informationTwo Nominations for the Frans Vanistendael Award 2017
Dr. Angelika Meindl-Ringler and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schön have been nominated for the Frans Vanistendael Award for International Tax Law 2017.[more]
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