2019 ZEW Public Finance Conference - The Political Economy of European (Dis)Integration
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2019 ZEW Public Finance Conference The Political Economy of European (Dis)Integration 2-3 May 2019, Mannheim Conference venue: ZEW, L 7 1, 68161 Mannheim PROGRAMME Thursday, 2 May 2019 08:00 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions A 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:15 Keynote 12:15 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:00 Parallel Sessions B 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break 15:30 – 17:00 Parallel Sessions C 17:00 – 18:30 Poster Session & Get-together with drinks and snacks 19:00 Dinner PROGRAMME Friday, 3 May 2019 09:00 – 11:00 Parallel Sessions D 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 – 12:45 Keynote 12:45 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions E 16:05 – 16:15 Closing Remarks
Overview of Sessions
Thursday, 2 May 2019
Room 1 Room 2 Heinz-König-Hall Room Brussels
A1 A2 A3
9:00 – 10:30 Political Economy Optimal Taxation International Rela-
Parallel Sessions A of EU Funds tions and Corrup-
tion
Keynote
11:00 – 12:15 Sascha Becker
Keynote
B1 B2 B3
13:30 – 15:00 European Identity, Behavioural Re- Selection and Be-
Parallel Sessions B Trust and Democ- sponses to Taxa- haviour of Politi-
racy tion cians
C1 C2 C3
15:30 – 17:00 Populism Fiscal Policy and Lobbying and Po-
Parallel Sessions C Voting litical Alignment
Poster Session
and Get-Together
17:00 – 18:30
Poster Session
Friday, 3 May 2019
Room 1 Room 2 Heinz-König-Hall Room Brussels
D1 D2 D3
09:00 – 11:00 Attitudes towards Corporate Taxation Euro Area Reform
Parallel Sessions D Immigration
Keynote
11:30 – 12:45
Andrew Moravcsik
Keynote
E1 E2 E3
14:00 – 16:00 Fiscal Federalism VAT and the For- Fiscal Rules
Parallel Sessions E mal Sector2019 ZEW Public Finance Conference
The Political Economy of European (Dis)Integration
2-3 May 2019, Mannheim
Conference venue: ZEW, L 7 1, 68161 Mannheim
PROGRAMME Thursday, 2 May 2019
08:00 – 9:00 Registration (Meeting Hall)
Room 1 Room 2
Session A1: Political Economy of EU Funds Session A2: Optimal Taxation
Chair: Annika Havlik Chair: Christopher Ludwig
Euroscepticism and EU Cohesion Policy: Pro-rich Inflation and Optimal Income
The Impact of Micro-Level Policy Effective- Taxation
ness on Voting Behavior
Eren Gürer and Alfons J. Weichenrieder
Julia Bachtrögler and Harald Oberhofer
Discussant: Théo Roudil-Valentin
Discussant: Annika Havlik
Micro-founded tax policy effects in a
Grants-in-aid and the prospect of re-elec- heterogeneous-agent macro-model
tion: The impact of EU funds on mayoral
Diego d’Andria, Jason Debacker, Richard
elections in Poland
Evans, Jonathan Pycroft and Magdalena
Ivo Bischoff and Monika Banaszewska Zachlod-Jelec
Discussant: Alessandro Borin Discussant: Christian Wittneben
9:00 – 10:30 EU Transfers and Euroscepticism: Can’t
Buy Me Love?
Alessandro Borin, Elisa Macchi and Michele
Mancini
Discussant: Julia Bachtrögler
Heinz-König-Hall
Session A3: International Relations and Corruption
Chair: Katharina Nicolay
Optimal Opacity in Inter- Buying Votes and Inter- Believe me, I am dumb,
national Negotiations national Organizations: but not corrupt
The Dirty-Work Hypothe-
Kai A. Konrad and Marcel Manuel Förster and
sis
Thum Achim Voss
Axel Dreher, Valentin Lang,
Discussant: Achim Voss Discussant: Marcel Thum
B. Peter Rosendorff and
James Raymond Vreeland
Discussant: Gianmarco
Daniele10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break (Meeting Hall)
11:00 – 12:15 Sascha Becker (University of Warwick, CAGE)
Keynote
Room Brussels Consequences of Forced Migration
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch (Meeting Hall)
Room 1 Room 2
Session B1: European Identity, Trust and Session B2: Behavioural Responses to
Democracy Taxation
Chair: Daniela Steinbrenner Chair: Zareh Asatryan
Political Economy of Trust in National Nudging for tax compliance: A meta-
and European Institutions analysis
Galina Kolev Armenak Antinyan and Zareh Asatryan
Discussant: Christian Ochsner Discussant: Carla Krolage
Salient History Automatic Stabilization and Labor Sup-
ply
Christian Ochsner and Felix Rösel
Discussant: Lusine Badalyan
Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Andreas
Peichl and Christian Wittneben
Democracy and Institutional Quality: The- Discussant: Cristian Usala
ory and Evidence
13:30 – 15:00 The Fiscal Truth: Personal Fiscal Infor-
Tommy Krieger
mation Curbs Enthusiasm for Tax and
Discussant: Manuel Funke Spend
Kaetana Leontjeva
Discussant: Sebastian Blesse
Heinz-König-Hall
Session B3: Selection and Behaviour of Politicians
Chair: Theresa Bührle
Does the entry of a The Effect of Disclosure Fiscal Rules and the selec-
woman into political of- Laws on Politician’s Out- tion of politicians: evi-
fice affect policy side Income: Evidence dence from Italian munici-
choices? from Tax Return Data palities
Thushyanthan Baskaran Carina Neisser and Nils Matteo Gamalerio
and Zohal Hessami Wehrhöfer
Discussant: Nils Wehrhöfer
Discussant: Joerg Stahl Discussant: Matthias
Quinckhardt
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee BreakRoom 1 Room 2
Session C1 : Populism Session C2: Fiscal Policy and Voting
Chair: Verena Dutt Chair: Sebastian Blesse
Never Forget the First Time: The Persistent The Electoral Impact of Wealth Redis-
Effects of Corruption and the Rise of Pop- tribution. Evidence from the Italian
ulism in Italy Land Reform
Gianmarco Daniele, Marco Le Moglie and Bruno Caprettini, Lorenzo Casaburi and
Arnstein Aassve Miriam Venturini
Discussant: Zareh Asatryan Discussant: Catarina Alvarez
Populism: A Macroeconomic History It’s progressive taxes, stupid! Mayors’
education, fiscal rules, and reelection
Manuel Funke, Moritz Schularick and Chris-
toph Trebesch Matteo Alpino, Zareh Asatryan, Sebastian
Blesse and Nils Wehrhöfer
Discussant: Tommy Krieger
Discussant: Matteo Gamalerio
15:30 – 17:00 Populist United: A Theory of Intra-Party
Bargaining under Policy Constraints The Electoral Consequences of a Tax Re-
form under Partial Decentralization
Konstantinos Matakos and Nikitas Konstan-
tinidis Catarina Alvarez
Discussant: Eckhard Janeba Discussant: Bruno Caprettini
Heinz-König-Hall
Session C3: Lobbying and Political Alignment
Chair: Leonie Fischer
Who pays a visit to Brus- Political Connections The mechanisms of the
sels? Cross-border firm and Competition on alignment bias in a ma-
value effects of meetings Public Procurement ture democracy: Evi-
with European Commission- Markets dence from Germany
ers
Vitezslav Titl and Bruno Matthias Quinckhardt
Joerg Stahl and Kizkitza Bi- Baránek Discussant: Vitezslav Titl
guri
Discussant: Valentin
Discussant: Dimitri Szerman LangPoster Session and Get-Together with Drinks and Snacks
Qualitative Tax Disclosure and Tax Aggressiveness
Elisa Casi, Carol Seregni and Barbara Stage
Discussant: Jan Möhlmann
The Effects of Early Retirement Incentives on Retirement Decisions
Carla Krolage and Mathias Dolls
Discussant: Han Ye
The lure of onshore and offshore tax havens to shift profits: the case of Czech Republic
Danuse Nerudova, Marian Dobranschi, Veronika Solilova and Marek Litzman
Discussant: Daniela Steinbrenner
The Reverse Charge Mechanism - An Effective Measure against VAT Fraud in the EU?
Wojciech Stiller and Marwin Heinemann
Discussant: Theresa Bührle
Risk-taking of fund managers and capital gains taxation in the US
Theresa Bührle and Chia-Yi Yen
Best Score in the Match: Marginal Taxation and Labor Mobility in the European Football
Market
17:00 – 18:30
Cristian Usala and Rinaldo Brau
Discussant: Diego d’Andria
The Influence of Fragmentation of Political Interests on Public Enterprises - Evidence
from German Micro-level Data
David Boll and Marcus Sidki
Discussant: Yannick Bury
Tax Havens and Welfare in Non-Haven Countries in a Dynamic World
Zarko Kalamov
Discussant: Christopher Ludwig
Country-Specific Incentives for Multinational Corporations to Relocate Income
Christopher Ludwig
Impact of the German Real Estate Transfer Tax on the Commercial Real Estate Market
Coletta Frenzel Baudisch and Carolin Dresselhaus
Discussant: Leonie Fischer
Measures and Effects of Taxing the Digital Economy: Capital Market Reaction to the Eu-
ropean Commission’s Digital Tax Proposals
Daniel Klein
19:00 Dinner2019 ZEW Public Finance Conference
The Political Economy of European (Dis)Integration
PROGRAMME Friday, 3 May 2019
Room 1 Room 2
Session D1: Attitudes towards Immigra- Session D2: Corporate Taxation
tion Chair: Barbara Stage
Chair: Leonardo M. Giuffrida
Anti-immigration sentiment in the prox- Dutch Shell Companies and International
imity of migration centers Tax Planning
Diego Cortés and Mojca Rožman Arjan Lejour, Jan Möhlmann, Maarten Van 't
Riet and Thijs Benschop
Discussant: Ivo Bischoff
Discussant: Johannes Voget
Refugees Welcome? Understanding the
Regional Heterogeneity of Anti-Foreigner Tax Haven Investors and Corporate Profita-
Hate Crimes in Germany bility - Evidence of Profit Shifting by Ger-
man-Based Affiliates of Multinational Firms
Horst Entorf and Martin Lange
Sarah Godar
Discussant: Moritz Marbach
Discussant: Barbara Stage
The Electoral Consequences of Restrict-
ing Labor Market Access for Refugees: Profit Taxation and Bank Risk Taking
Evidence from Germany
Michael Kogler
Moritz Marbach
09:00 – 11:00 Discussant: Olli Ropponen
Discussant: Martin Lange
On the Optimal Design of Interest Limita-
The Effect of Socialism on Attitudes to-
tions Rules
ward Immigration
Olli Ropponen and Seppo Kari
Martin Lange
Discussant: Thiess Büttner
Discussant: Thushyanthan Baskaran
Heinz-König-Hall
Session D3: Euro Area Reform
Chair: Florian Buhlmann
Euro area fiscal An Unemploy- An evaluation of The Behavioral Eco-
policy changes: an ment Re-Insur- different pro- nomics of Currency Un-
examination of the ance Scheme for posals for a Euro- ions: Economic Inte-
past two decades the Eurozone? pean fiscal ca- gration and Monetary
Stabilizing and pacity Policy
Claudia Braz and Ni-
Redistributive Ef-
colas Carnot Sebastian Weiske Akvile Bertasiute, Do-
fects
and Mustafa Yeter menico Massaro and
Discussant: Mathias
Mathias Dolls Matthias Weber
Dolls Discussant: Nico-
Discussant: Dési- las Carnot Discussant: Timo
rée Christofzik Reinelt11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break (Meeting Hall)
Room Brussels
11:30 – 12:45
Keynote Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton University)
Crisis in Europe: Why Europeans Should Be Less Pessimistic
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch (Meeting Hall)
Room 1 Room 2
Session E1: Fiscal Federalism Session E2: VAT and the Formal Sector
Chair: Justus Nover Chair: Albrecht Bohne
Efficiency and Equity Effects of Place- Harnessing Deductions to Increase Tax
Based Policies: Evidence from Capital Compliance and Formalization
Subsidies in East Germany
Albrecht Bohne and Jan Sebastian Nimczik
Tobias Etzel, Sebastian Siegloch and
Discussant: Effrosyni Adamopoulou
Nils Wehrhöfer
Discussant: Ekkehard Köhler Procuring Firm Growth: The Effects of Gov-
ernment Purchases on Firm Dynamics
Investigating the Link between Verti-
Claudio Ferraz, Frederico Finan and Dimitri
cal Transfers and Local Public Invest-
Szerman
ment – Evidence from a German State
Discussant: Leonardo Giuffrida
Ekkehard Köhler and Yannick Bury
Discussant: Mustafa Yeter Not Just a Work Permit: EU Citizenship and
the Consumption Behavior of Documented
Fiscal Equalization and Shifts in Sec- and Undocumented Immigrants
toral Employment - Evidence from Ger-
Effrosyni Adamopoulou and Ezgi Kaya
man Federal States 1970-2016
14:00 – 16:00 Discussant: Han Ye
Yannick Bury and Lars P. Feld
Discussant: Justus Nover Income Tax Deductibility of Services to
Combat VAT Evasion
Thiess Buettner, Boryana Madzharova and Or-
lando Zaddach
Discussant: Albrecht Bohne
Heinz-König-Hall
Session E3: Fiscal Rules
Chair: Friedrich Heinemann
Do countries learn Consistent Flexi- Does Accrual Ac- On the design of
from past uncer- bility: Enforce- counting Alter Fiscal stabilising fiscal
tain fiscal out- ment of Fiscal Policy Decisions? - rules
comes? New evi- Rules Through Po- Evidence from Ger-
Wolf Heinrich Reuter,
dence from panel litical Incentives many
Oļegs Tkačevs and
data for the EU
Eckhard Janeba Désirée Christofzik Kārlis Vilerts
Philipp Mohl and and Valerio Dotti
Discussant: Fried- Discussant: Philipp
Gilles Mourre
Discussant: rich Heinemann Mohl
Discussant: Wolf Konstantinos Ma-
Heinrich Reuter takos
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