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UGO Award for Se­basti­an Müller

On the “Tag der Exzellenz” meeting on April 14th Sebastian Müller received the UGO Award for his  bachelor thesis „Eine ethische Beurteilung legaler Steuerausweichhandlungen“. Each year the association “Unternehmensgruppe Ostwestfalen” initiates the UGO-Award for excellent bachelor and master theses. A substantial selection criterion for the award is, in how far the findings of the theses are beneficial and relevant for the local companies. Con…

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On April 1st, Prof. Caren Sureth-Sloane and Prof. Alexandra Maßbaum published the updated and extended 8th edition of the series "Besteuerung und Rechtsformwahl". Maßbaum, Alexandra, Sureth-Sloane, Caren (2021): Besteuerung und Rechtsformwahl, 8., updated and extended edition, publisher Neue Wirtschafts-Briefe, Herne.

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On February 20th 2021, Benjamin Osswald gives a presentation on "Do country risk factors attenuate the effect of taxes on corporate risk-taking?" at the 33rd Annual American Taxation Association (ATA) Virtual Midyear Meeting.

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On February 19th 2021, Yuchen Wu gives a presentation on "Negative Interest Rates and Corporate Tax Behavior in Banks" at the 33rd Annual American Taxation Association (ATA) Virtual Midyear Meeting.

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Dr. Thomas Hoppe has received the Esche Schümann Commichau Foundation's Award for his dissertation on "The Impact of Tax Complexity on Multinational Corporations".  Congratulations on this outstanding achievement, Thomas!

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On February 4th, 2021, Prof. Dr. Caren Sureth-Sloane gives a presentation on "TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency - a report from the field" at the virtual information event for speakers of new Collaborative Research Centres of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

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Bornemann, Tobias, Schipp, Adrian, Sureth-Sloane, Caren (2021): Was treibt die Komplexität der Ertragsbesteuerung multinationaler Unternehmen? – Ergebnisse einer Befragung in der deutschen Finanzverwaltung, Deutsches Steuerrecht, 59 (3), 182-190.

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This summer term Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from NHH Norwegian School of Economics Bergen is visiting professor at Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Caren Sureth-Sloane's chair. Elisa received her PhD from the University of Mannheim in 2020 and she has been visiting scholar at the Questrom School of Business (Boston University) in 2019. Her research focuses on the determinants and consequences of corporate disclosure and how tax policies…

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