Seminar-Steckbrief
| General Details | |
|---|---|
| Seminar title | Household Finance and the Tax System |
| Course code | 371068 |
| Academic session | SoSe 2026 |
| Course availability | nur SoSe |
| Course content | Theory and Empirical Research on households finances and the influence of the tax system |
| Target group/ area | MSc WiWi PO 2018: Area Accounting, Taxation and Public Finance |
| Number of participants | 20 |
| Course language | English |
| Location | internal seminar |
| Industry partner | No |
| Timetable (overview) | 4 online teaching sessions, dates TBA In-person sessions from june 15 - 19th |
| Requrements and Academic Support | |
| Objectives | Students conduct their own empirical research projects on taxation in an international context |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Introductory course to academic research | No |
| Formal guidelines | None |
| General literature | Empirical Literature Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Søren Leth-Petersen, Torben Heien Nielsen, and Tore Olsen (2014). Madrian, Brigitte C., and Dennis F. Shea (2001). Calvet, Laurent E., John Y. Campbell, and Paolo Sodini (2007). Fagereng, Andreas, Luigi Guiso, and Marius A. K. Ring (forthcoming). Ring, Marius A. K. (2025). Alstadsæter, Annette, Wojciech Kopczuk, and Kjetil Telle (2013). Bilicka, Katarzyna, İrem Güçeri, and Evangelos Koumanakos (2025). Alstadsæter, Annette, Niels Johannesen, and Gabriel Zucman (2019). Guyton, John, Patrick Langetieg, Daniel Reck, Max Risch, and Gabriel Zucman (2021). Fagereng, Andreas, Magne Mogstad, and Marte Rønning (2021). Glogowsky, Ulrich (2021). Londoño-Vélez, Juliana, and Javier Ávila-Mahecha (2021). |
| Basic literature to introduce each topic | No |
| Methodology | |
| Specialised software | TBA |
| Recommended word processing software | Free choice of the student |
| Performance requirements | Participation (20%) Term Paper (40%) Presentation (40%) |
| Prüfer | Prof. Dr. Floris Zoutman |
| Ansprechpartner | Prof. Dr. Floris Zoutman |
| Group Assignments and Topics | |
| Group assignment | For presentation depending on student numbers |
| Group size | 2-3 |
| Group formation | Preference-based |
| Topics (description/list) | Students are asked to present a research paper on the reading list. Topics TBA |
| Assignment of topics | preference-based |
| Initial registration | Not required; sign up for updates in the Stud.IP course system. |
| Process Schedule | |
| Initial registration / application | Not required; sign up for updates in the Stud.IP course system |
| Initial discussion/ topic discussion / kick-off meeting | Online meeting; April 21, 2026; 11:00-12:30 AM |
| Topic assignment | April 21,2026; 2:00 PM |
| Formal (binding) registration | April 21, 2026 |
| Commencement of seminar paper | April 21, 2026 |
| Submission of seminar paper | June 8, 2026; 23:59 PM |
| Submission of presentation | After presentation |
| Presentation | June 15-18, 2026 |