Begünstigungen und Schranken in der europäischen Unternehmensbesteuerung – eine evolutorisch-ökonomische Sicht / Preferential treatments and barriers in the European company taxation – an evolutionary-economic perspective

The intention of the present paper is to investigate and evaluate rule transfers in the European company taxation from an evolutionary-economic perspective. In the literature total competition respectively „harmonisation from below“ and total harmonisation respectively „harmonisation from above“ seem to stand irreconcilably against each other while a middle way of minimal harmonisation in a common economic and monetary area is largely neglected. In contrast it shall be asked here if not a certain diversity of taxation is realistic instead of harmonisation from above. If the answer is yes, then it is worth considering for the European company taxes a political compromise between competition and harmonisation in order to confront tax obstacles in the single market.