This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse as an indicator for the labour intensity of output growth the employment threshold (the minimum growth rate of output necessary to keep employment constant). We show for a sample of 17 OECD...

Klappentext: Wirtschaftspolitische Maßnahmen werden häufig damit begründet, dass anderenfalls Investitionen ins Ausland verlagert würden und Exporte, Forschung, Wachstum sowie Beschäftigung im Inland sinken könnten. Zur Beurteilung dieser Argumente arbeitet der Autor die wesentlichen...

The paper considers profit shifting behavior using data on German inbound and outbound FDI. It finds an empirical correlation between the home country tax rate of a parent and the net of tax profitability of its German affiliate that is consistent with profit shifting behavior. For profitable...