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investment (FDI). Using a unique dataset which allows us to observe the worldwide activities of a large panel of multinational … transfer pricing by the host country affect investment and employment of foreign subsidiaries. The results indicate that …, compared with the unrestricted case, in the presence of a typical thin-capitalization rule, the tax-rate sensitivity of FDI is …
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countries over the last decades are consistent with tougher international competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). To … make this point we develop a model in which governments compete for FDI using corporate tax rates and tax bases. The model …
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This paper examines the relationship between offshoring activity by U.S. multinational firms and the structure of U.S trade preferences. We combine firm level panel data on U.S. foreign affiliate activity from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with detailed measures of U.S. trade...
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I show in this paper that incomplete contracts affect a firm’s decision about serving foreign customers through exports or local sales from an affiliated plant. When contracts between two agents within a firm are too costly to write, the share of multinational firms may be higher or lower...
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We set up a model of generalised oligopoly where two countries of different size compete for an exogenous, but variable, number of identical firms. The model combines a desire by national governments to attract internationally mobile firms with the existence of location rents that arise even in...
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This paper analyses the development of the ratio of corporate taxes to wage taxes using a simple political economy model with internationally mobile and immobile firms. Among other results, our model predicts that countries reduce their corporate tax rate, relative to the wage tax, either when...
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We set up a trade model where three countries compete for an exogenous number of firms. Our innovation lies in the geography of the model. Of the three countries, one is the hub through which all trade takes place. First, we establish the natural geography of the region, which is given by the...
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We test for pollution haven effects in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for different sectors using a … comprehensive and exhaustive dataset for outward FDI from the Netherlands, one of the most environmentally stringent countries and a … major source of global FDI. Our evidence suggests that in the sectors natural resources extraction and refining …
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regime increases worldwide FDI and raises the world interest rate. Distinguishing three groups of countries, we show that … income countries are likely to gain from increased inward FDI, whereas least developed countries lose because they receive … less FDI. Our results explain the stylized fact that a multilateral investment agreement was opposed by least developed …
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This paper is concerned with tax-planning strategies of multinational corporations. A theoretical analysis discusses the choice of the capital structure in a setting where intercompany loans can be used to shift profits to low-tax countries. Empirical evidence is provided using micro-level panel...
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