CESifo Forum 3 / 2000

Focus: E-commerce and Taxation: Taxation of Electronic Commerce - a U.S. View (Hal R. Varian) - Alternatives to the Concept of Permanent Establishment (Charles E. McLure jr.) - Electronic Commerce and VAT Burdens (Patrick Wille); Pro and Contra: Foreign Exchange Intervention: Pro: The ECB Should Intervene to Support the Euro (Nils Thygesen) - Contra: There's No Point in Intervention to Support the Euro (Adam Posen); Special: The Accidental Redistribution of Seignorage Wealth in the Eurosystem (Hans-Werner Sinn and Holger Feist); Spotlights: The Euro, Interest Rates and European Economic Growth - Active Labour Market Policies Running into Trouble - European Payment Habits Compared: German Firms Pay the Fastest; DICE Reports: Employment-conditional Tax Credit and Benefit Systems; Trends: Economic Survey International, Statistical update.