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-2007 and analyzes their impact on corporate tax revenues and domestic and foreign investment. It computes effective tax rates … investment allowances. There is evidence of a partial race to the bottom: countries have been under pressure to lower tax rates … in order to lure and boost investment. In the case of standard tax systems (i.e. tax rules applying under normal …
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This paper identifies tax factors in 21 developing countries that have an impact on foreign direct investment flows. It … for further possibilities in tax reform for attracting foreign investment. The paper also addresses nontax factors that … can be instrumental in attracting foreign investment. …
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This paper explores how corporate income tax reform can help Japan increase investment and boost potential growth …. Using international and Japan-specific empirical estimates of corporate tax elasticities, investment is predicted to expand … will undo positive investment effects of a rate cut. Alternative revenue sources include higher consumption and property …
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The literature on the investment technology of foreign versus domestic investors has inconclusive results. This paper …
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multinationals have an incentive to shift debt to high-tax countries. The predictions of the model are tested using a novel firm …-level dataset for European multinationals and their subsidiaries, combined with newly collected data on the international tax …
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", which could undermine public investment and social spending. The aim of this paper is to test predictions that (i) there is …
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This paper analyzes the link between FDI, corporate taxation, and corporate tax revenues. We find strong evidence that FDI in (out) flows are affected by tax regimes in the host (home) countries and FDI flows in turn affect the corporate tax base. Simulations of European Union (EU) harmonization...
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Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
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Motivated by the concern that corporate income tax (CIT) competition may have eroded the tax base, this paper calculates average effective tax rates to measure the impact of CIT competition, including the widespread use of tax holidays, on the tax base for 15 countries in the Caribbean. The...
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This paper studies whether exchange controls, particularly on the capital account, affect the choice of corporate tax rates, using a panel of 21 OECD countries over the period 1983-99. It builds on existing literature by (1) using a unique dataset with several different measures of the corporate...
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