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Location choice and employment decisions : a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals
Becker, Sascha; Ekholm, Karolina; Jaeckle, Robert; … - 2005
strongest with respect to affiliate employment in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275858
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Globalisation and the Decoupling of Inflation from Domestic Labour Costs
Kohlscheen, Emanuel; Moessner, Richhild - 2021
We provide novel systematic cross-country evidence that the link between domestic labour markets and CPI inflation has weakened considerably in advanced economies during recent decades. The central estimate is that the short-run pass-through from domestic labour cost changes to core CPI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013213776
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Globalisation and the Decoupling of Inflation from Domestic Labour Costs
Kohlscheen, Emanuel; Moessner, Richhild - 2022
We provide novel systematic cross-country evidence that the link between domestic labour markets and CPI inflation has weakened considerably in advanced economies during recent decades. The central estimate is that the short-run pass-through from domestic labour cost changes to core CPI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080924
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The Demand for Executive Skills
Hansen, Stephen; Sadun, Raffaella; Ramdas, Tejas; … - 2021
We use a unique corpus of job descriptions for C-suite positions to document skills requirements in top managerial occupations across a large sample of firms. A novel algorithm maps the text of each executive search into six separate skill clusters reflecting cognitive, interpersonal, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222191
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Where Does Multinational Profit Go with Territorial Taxation? Evidence from the UK
Langenmayr, Dominika - 2020
In 2009, the United Kingdom abolished the taxation of profits earned abroad and introduced a territorial tax system. Under the territorial system, firms have strong incentives to shift profits abroad. Using a difference-in-differences research design, we show that profits of UK subsidiaries in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842969
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Voting with Their Money : Brexit and Outward Investment by UK Firms
Breinlich, Holger - 2019
We study the impact of the 2016 Brexit referendum on UK foreign direct investment. Using the synthetic control method … number of UK outward investment transactions in the remaining EU27 member states, whereas transactions in non-EU OECD … retain access to the EU market after Brexit. At the same time, we find that the number of EU27 investment projects in the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865920
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Taxes, Profit Shifting, and the Real Activities of Mnes : Evidence from Corporate Tax Notches
Hansen, Jaqueline; Merlo, Valeria; Wamser, Georg - 2023
We exploit exogenous variation in tax notches created by controlled foreign corporation (CFC) rules to better understand the profit-shifting behavior of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and its consequences for real activity. Using new data on CFC rules and information on direct parent-affiliate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345628
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Trust, Investment and Competition : Theory and Evidence from German Car Manufacturers
Calzolari, Giacomo - 2019
, we show that more trust in a relationship is associated with higher idiosyncratic investment by suppliers and better part … relationships involving higher trust, buyers are able to induce higher investment and more intense competition among suppliers - but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012866364
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Do Multinational Firms Use Tax Havens to the Detriment of Other Countries?
Dharmapala, Dhammika - 2020
The use of tax havens by multinational corporations (MNCs) has attracted increasing attention and scrutiny in recent years. This paper provides an exposition of the academic literature on this topic. It begins with an overview of the basic facts regarding MNCs' use of havens, which are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834357
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Switching from Worldwide to Territorial Taxation : Empirical Evidence of FDI Effects
Buettner, Thiess - 2019
investment in Germany … the importance of the actual tax rate. For Japan, which charges a higher tax rate on corporate profits than Germany, we … find a substantial increase of FDI in Germany after the switch from worldwide to territorial taxation. For the UK, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892126