HomeNewsProfessor Martin Wenz and Dr. Tanja Kirn speak at the international conference on “Tax Policy Decision Making” at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim

Professor Martin Wenz and Dr. Tanja Kirn speak at the international conference on “Tax Policy Decision Making” at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim


At the international conference on “Tax Policy Decision Making” on 14 and 15 October 2010 at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Professor Martin Wenz spoke about the determinants of national tax policy in relation to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

At the international conference on “Tax Policy Decision Making” on 14 and 15 October 2010 at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Professor Martin Wenz spoke about the determinants of national tax policy in relation to the Principality of Liechtenstein. He explained, in particular, the normative bases of the tax policy, the international framework conditions as well as their significance for Liechtenstein’s new tax policy. Empirical results from Dr. Tanja Kirn’s microsimulation completed the presentation.

Professor Clemens Fuest (Oxford University) and Professor Jean-Robert Tyran (University of Copenhagen) were the keynote speakers at the conference on “Tax Policy Decision Making”.

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) was founded in 1990 and is one of the leading German research institutes for economics. The speakers would like to thank the organizers and initiators for the friendly welcome, as well as for the many suggestions and the input they received during the discussion. For further information about the conference, please visit: http://www.zew.de/taxpolicy2010.