Similar Search Results

Taxes, Profit Shifting, and the Real Activities of Mnes : Evidence from Corporate Tax Notches

Hansen, Jaqueline; Merlo, Valeria; Wamser, Georg - 2023

-tax locations leads to profit relocation to ‘next-best’ low-tax countries, allowing firms to circumvent domestic taxation. We do not …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345628

The effects of taxation on the location decision of multinational firms: M&A vs. Greenfield investments

Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2010

In this study, we estimate the impacts of differences in international tax rates on the probability of choosing a location for an affiliate of a multinational firm. In particular, we distinguish between the tax sensitivity of Greenfield and M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277219

Consequences of the new UK tax exemption system: Evidence from micro-level data

Egger, Peter; Merlo, Valeria; Ruf, Martin; Wamser, Georg - 2012

Until 2009, the United Kingdom operated a system of worldwide taxation. Taxation of foreign income was deferred until … repatriated as dividends, leaving UK-owned multinational firms the possibility of avoiding UK taxation by delaying dividend … from taxation. This fundamental change had a number of straightforward implications for UK-owned multinational firms and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288468

Intercompany loans and profit shifting: evidence from company-level data

Buettner, Thiess; Wamser, Georg - 2007

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264102

Anti Profit-Shifting Rules and Foreign Direct Investment

Buettner, Thiess; Overesch, Michael; Wamser, Georg - 2014

This paper explores the effects of tax provisions aimed at restricting multinationals’ tax planning on foreign direct investment (FDI). Using a unique dataset which allows us to observe the worldwide activities of a large panel of multinational firms, we test how limitations of interest tax...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352439

Corporate Income Taxes Around the World - A Survey on Forward-looking Tax Measures and Two Applications

Steinmüller, Elias; Thunecke, Georg U.; Wamser, Georg - 2018

This study provides a survey on corporate taxes around the world. Our analysis has three main objectives. First, we collect tax data and calculate (forward-looking) effective tax measures for a large sample of countries and recent years. We particularly describe how these measures vary over time...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872107

The Tax-Efficient Use of Debt in Multinational Corporations

Møen, Jarle; Schindler, Dirk; Schjelderup, Guttorm; … - 2018

Some multinationals use the parent company as a lender to the group, whereas others set up an internal bank in a low tax jurisdiction. This paper discusses the link between capital structure choices and tax planning motives in multinational groups. We model the trade-off between the use of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011887393

A journey from a corruption port to a tax haven

Hebous, Shafik; Lipatov, Vilen - 2011

We sketch a model according to which tax havens attract corporate income generated in corrupted countries. In our framework, tax havens have two opposite effects on welfare. First, tax havens' services have a positive effect on welfare through encouraging investment by firms fearing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278839

Money at the docks of tax havens: A guide

Hebous, Shafik - 2011

This essay critically revisits the roles and influences of tax havens in the world economy. It combines various massages of available studies in one scheme, documents a number of observations, and proposes several issues for future research.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278877

Design and Consequences of CFC and GILTI Rules: A Review and Potential Lessons for the Global Minimum Tax

Overesch, Michael; Schindler, Dirk; Wamser, Georg - 2024

This chapter provides a description of one of the key anti-tax-avoidance rules to combat profit shifting by multinational corporations, so called Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) rules that directly target income in low-tax countries. We explain some key institutional features of CFC...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534322