Services form an increasing proportion of the inputs used in manufacturing. We explore empirically whether competition …-data for services, we calculate proxies for competition in services, and then use Input-Output matrices to link services to … manufacturing sectors. we find that there is a positive and significant relation between the extent of competition and firms …

In this paper, we analyze tax competition in a model where investor firms have the choice between two types of … intensifies tax competition in comparison to the case where there is only greenfield investment. If a specific tax on acquisitions … is available, this result changes. Then, tax competition is mitigated compared to the pure greenfield case. The existence …

This paper analyses tax competition and tax coordination in a model where capital flows occur in the form of mergers … do not necessarily distort international ownership patterns. Moreover, tax competition yields globally efficient levels …

This paper studies corporate tax competition if it is costly to learn some of the elements that determine the effective … tax burden. Search cost may, but need not, eliminate the tax competition pressure. The outcome depends on the boundaries …