EVENTS

The RSIT hosted the biennial Research Unit conference in the castle Hohentübingen, Tübingen. Junior and senior Researchers from the Universities of Ingolstadt, Duisburg-Essen, Köln, Mannheim, Münster and Tübingen came together to present ongoing research. Professor Rita de la Feria (University of Leeds and Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation), an expert in tax law and tax policy, delivered a keynote lecture on the global fairness of the global minimum tax.

The RSIT's PhD students are located at several universities across Germany. At the PhD workshop in Tübingen, the students met and got to know each other in person for the first time. Each student was provided the opportunity to present their work to their peers as well as Professors and Postdocs of the RSIT. The schedule left plenty of room for valuable feedback and discussions.

In the modern economy, it is impossible to separate the process of innovation from its global environment since access to foreign markets provides a broader base across which to spread costs, inspiration derived from ideas developed overseas, and import competition that can spur or hinder the desire to innovate locally. In addition, innovation is now dominated by a small number of global firms who, among other things, have the ability to shift R&D activities and profits to suit their desires.
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Georg Wamser explains why it makes sense for governments to put a price on carbon emissions, from an economics point of view. (Event organized by Global Marshall Plan Tübingen and Bürgerlobby Klimaschutz).

Leslie Robinson offered a very interesting three-day lecture on international tax research with a specific focus on profit shifting in June 2019. The students became acquainted with recent methods and data sources for measuring BEPS. We all enjoyed the background discussion on the U.S. Tax Reform (especially the discussion on the behavioural effects of the GILTI provision) which was very informative and we thank Leslie for three great days of lecture!

On October 18, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest, President of the ifo Institute for Economic Research, gave a talk on "European Tax Policy for the 21st Century". In his talk he highlighted the challenges of international taxation and also addressed the role of taxing the digital economy.

On April 13 2018, the first Tübingen-Hohenheim Orbis User Conference took place in Tübingen. Students working with the Orbis database presented their ongoing work. Special thanks to Prof. Peter Egger (ETH Zürich) who gave a very interesting keynote lecture!

 More than 40 (young) economists from six  universities participated in the PhD conference on "Tax Policy in the Global Economy", held in October 2017.