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 Clemens Fuest 

Expertise

Public finance.
Taxation of companies.
International taxation.

Overview

Clemens Fuest is Research Director of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation and Professor of Business Taxation. He is a research fellow of CESifo and IZA and advisory editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Finance and member of the Academic Advisory Board of Ernst and Young AG, Germany. He has a PhD in economics from the University of Cologne. Prior to Oxford, he was a lecturer at the University of Munich and a professor of economics at the University of Cologne.

Research interests

Clemens Fuest's research focuses on the implications of globalisation and European integration for tax policy and the impact of taxes on firm behaviour.

Journal articles:  2011  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006 


2012

Becker J. and Fuest, C. The nexus of corporate taxation and multinational activity. Finanzarchiv, forthcoming

Becker, J. and Fuest, C., 2012. Transfer pricing policy and the intensity of tax rate competition. Economics Letters, 117(1), 146-148

Becker, J., Fuest, C. and Riedel, N., 2012. Corporate tax effects on the quantity and quality of FDI. European Economic Review, 56(8), 1495–1511

Dolls, M., Fuest C. and Peichl A., 2012. Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis: US versus Europe. Journal of Public Economics, 96, 279-294

Fuest, C. and Kolmar, M. 2012. Endogenous free riding and decentralized user-fee financing of spillover goods in a n-region economy. International Tax and Public Finance, March

Fuest, C. and Peichl, A., 2012. European Fiscal Union: What is it? Does it work? And are there really ‘no alternatives’? CESifo Forum, 13(1), 3-9

Fuest, C. and Schneider, F., 2012. Tax evasion, tax avoidance, and shadow economy: introduction. International Tax and Public Finance,19(1), 1-4

2011

Fuest, C., Hebous, S. and Riedel, N. 2011, 'International debt shifting and multinational firms in developing economies', Economics Letters, 113(2), 135-138

Becker, J. and Fuest, C. 2011, 'Tax Competition – Greenfield Investment versus Mergers and Acquisitions', Regional Science and Urban Economics 41, 476-486

Becker, J. and Fuest, C. 2011, 'Optimal tax policy when firms are internationally mobile', International Tax and Public Finance 18, 580-604

Becker, J. and Fuest, C. 2011, 'Source versus Residence based Taxation with International Mergers and Acquisitions', Journal of Public Economics 95, 28-40

Fuest, C, Peichl, A, Dolls, M, 2011, 'Automatic Stabilizers, Economic Crisis and Income Distribution in Europe', Research in Labour Economics 32, 227-255

2010

Fuest, C., Büttner, T, 2010,'The Role of the Corporate Income Tax as an Automatic Stabilizer', International Tax and Public Finance 17(6), 686-698

Fuest, C., Peichl, A., Dolls, M., 2010, 'Wie wirken die automatischen Stabilisatoren in der Wirtschaftskrise? Deutschland im Vergleich zu anderen EU-Staaten und den USA', Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 11, 132-145

Becker, J., Fuest, C., 2010, 'Foreign Income and Domestic Deductions – A Comment', National Tax Journal LXIII, 269-277

Fuest, C., Niehues, J., Peichl, A., 2010,'The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in the Enlarged EU', Public Finance Review 38, 473-500

Becker, J., Fuest, C., 2010, 'Tax enforcement and tax havens under formula apportionment', International Tax and Public Finance 17, 217-235

Becker, J., Fuest, C., 2010. ‘Internationalization and business tax revenue - Evidence from Germany’ International Tax and Public Finance, 17, 2, pp174-192.

Becker, J., Fuest, C., 2010. ‘Taxing foreign profits with international mergers and acquisitions.’ International Economic Review 51, 171-186

Becker, J., Fuest, C., 2010. ‘EU regional policy and tax competition.’ European Economic Review 54(1), 150-161

2009

Devereux M. P, Fuest, C., 2009. 'Is the corporation tax an effective automatic stabilizer?' National Tax Journal LXII, 429-437

Fuest, C., 2009, 'Beyond Eurosclerosis - Discussion', Economic Policy 59, 445-447

Fuest, C., 2009. ‘Household debt repayment behaviour: what role do institutions play? - Discussion', Economic Policy 57, 133-136.

2008

Fuest, C., 2008. ‘The European Commission’s proposal for a common consolidated corporate tax base.’ Oxford Review of Economic Policy 24 (4), 720-739.

Fuest, C., Peichl, A., Schaefer, T., 2008. ‘Is a flat tax reform feasible in a grown-up democracy of Western Europe? A simulation study for Germany.’ International Tax and Public Finance 15, 620-636.

2007

Fuest, C., Kolmar, M., 2007. ‘A theory of user fee competition.’ Journal of Public Economics 91, 497-509.

Fuest, C., 2007. ‘The relative sophistication of Chinese exports: comment on Peter Schott.’ Economic Policy 53, 40-43.

Becker, J., Fuest, C., 2007. ‘Why is there corporate taxation? The role of limited liability revisited.’ Journal of Economics 92, 1-10.

Fuest, C., Hemmelgarn, T., Ramb, F., 2007. ‘How would the introduction of an EU-wide formula apportionment affect the size and the distribution of the corporate tax base? An analysis based on German multinationals.’ International Tax and Public Finance 14, 605-626.

2003-2006

Fuest, C., Huber, B., 2006. ‘Can regional policy in a federation improve economic efficiency?’ Journal of Public Economics 90, 499-511.

Fath, J., Fuest, C., 2005. ‘Experience rating versus employment protection laws in a model where firms monitor workers.’ Scandinavian Journal of Economics 107, 299-313.

Fuest, C., 2005. ‘Economic integration and tax policy with endogenous foreign firm ownership.’ Journal of Public Economics 89, 1823-1840.

Fuest, C., Huber, B., Mintz, J., 2005. ‘Capital mobility and tax competition.’ Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics 1, 1-62.

Fuest, C., Tilleßen, P., 2005. ‘Why do governments use closed ended subsidies to support entrepreneurial investment?’ Economics Letters 89, 24-30.

Fuest, C., Hemmelgarn, T., 2005. ‘Corporate tax policy, foreign firm ownership and thin capitalization.’ Regional Science and Urban Economics 35, 508-526.

Fuest, C., Huber, B., 2004. ‘Why do countries combine the exemption system for the taxation of foreign profits with domestic double taxation relief?’ Journal of International Economics 62, 219-231.

Fuest, C., Huber, B., Nielsen, S.B., 2003. ‘Why is the corporate tax rate lower than the personal tax rate? The role of new firms.’ Journal of Public Economics 87, 157-174.

Recent working papers:

Vella, J, Fuest, C and Schmidt-Eisenlohr, T 2011 'Response on EU Proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax', CBT Working Paper WP11/17

Rita de la Feria and Clemens Fuest 2011 'Closer to an internal market? The economic effects of EU tax jurisprudence', CBT Working Paper WP11/12

Johannes Becker and Clemens Fuest 2011 'The taxation of foreign profits – the old view, the new view, and a pragmatic view', CBT Working Paper WP11/04

Johannes Becker, Clemens Fuest and Nadine Riedel 2010 'Corporate tax effects on the quality and quantity of FDI', CBT Working Paper WP10/13

Clemens Fuest and Nadine Riedel 2010 'Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance in Developing Countries: The Role of International Profit Shifting', CBT Working Paper WP10/12

Johannes Becker and Clemens Fuest 2009 'Transfer Pricing Policy and the Intensity of Tax Rate Competition', CBT Working Paper WP09/30

Johannes Becker and Clemens Fuest 2009 'Optimal tax policy when firms are internationally mobile', CBT Working Paper WP09/07

Johannes Becker and Clemens Fuest 2009 'EU Regional Policy and Tax Competition', CBT Working Paper WP09/02

Clemens Fuest 2008 'The European Commission’s Proposal for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base', CBT Working Paper WP08/23

Becker, J & Fuest, C 2008 ‘The nexus in corporate income taxation’.

Becker, J & Fuest, C 2008 ‘Tax competition – greenfield investment versus mergers and acquisitions’, CESifo Working Paper No. 2247.

Becker, J & Fuest, C 2007 ‘Quality versus quantity - the composition effect of corporate taxation on foreign direct investment’, CESifo Working Paper No. 2126.

Becker, J & Fuest, C 2007 ‘Optimal tax policy when firms are internationally mobile’, CBT Working Paper CBTWP09/07.

Fuest, C , Huber, B & Nielsen, SB 2007 ‘Capital gains taxes on housing’.

 

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