International Business Taxation

International taxation is one of the core research areas at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. The Doctoral Program "International Business Taxation" focuses on high-quality academic education and internationally competitive research. It is aimed at the future elite of scholars and provides interdisciplinary training in taxation of cross border activities of enterprises, including and combining the core disciplines public finance, international tax law, and cross border tax management. From opening traditional tax training to other disciplines like economic psychology, history, political science, ethics, legal philosophy as well as organizational behavior and decision making, a broadening of horizons and a more comprehensive approach to research questions is expected. The Doctoral Program bundles research and teaching forces across the disciplines in order to foster a comprehensive understanding of the four research areas "Determination of Taxable Profit", "Locational Decisions", "EU-Tax for Businesses" and "International Coordination of Business Taxation". Best possible standards in both research and teaching are guaranteed by a faculty of renowned scholars, who have published in the most prominent journals of their respective research fields and have proven willingness and ability to promote interdisciplinarity. The visiting professors, who are internationally recognized as leading experts, form an integral part of the Doctoral Program and perfect the top-level academic education. In combination with the SFB "International Tax Coordination", which has an outstanding position and is extremely beneficial for research at WU in related areas, the Doctoral Program "International Business Taxation" will help to build up a true center of excellence in the field of international taxation at WU.