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Competition for FDI and Profit Shifting
Ma, Jie - 2015
When countries compete for the location of a new multinational plant they need to be aware of the profit shifting opportunities this new plant creates for the global multinational firm. By modelling explicitly the multinational's intra-firm transactions, we show that the home market advantage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029510
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Did Globalization Influence Credit Market Deregulation?
Eppinger, Peter - 2015
We investigate whether globalization influenced credit market deregulation over the period 1970-2010. Globalization is … measured by the KOF indices of globalization. Credit market deregulation is measured by the credit market freedom indicators of … positive correlation between globalization and credit market deregulation. We account for reverse causality by using predicted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021420
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Welfare Policy in the Presence of Unionised Labour and Internationally Mobile Firms
Rocha-Akis, Silvia - 2010
In oligopolistic industries, increased cost saving opportunities via offshoring have a moderating effect on trade unions. In order to discourage mobile firms from leaving the country, unions accept lower sector wages. In effect, the negotiated wage becomes independent of workers' bargaining...
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Horizontal versus Vertical Interdependence in Multinational Activity
Badinger, Harald - 2008
Recent research in international economics highlights the role of interdependencies of investment decisions and sales of multinational firms. Previous work focused on and provided evidence for aggregate flows or stocks of foreign direct investment, showing that interdependence declines in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771644
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Tax-Response Heterogeneity and the Effects of Double Taxation Treaties on the Location Choices of Multinational Firms
Behrendt, Simon - 2018
This paper examines location choices of multinational enterprises (MNEs). We particularly focus on the consequences of double taxation treaties (DTTs) and corporate profit taxes on the probability to choose a location. DTTs have become a key policy instrument used by countries to regulate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924353
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World Market Access of Emerging-Market Firms : The Role of Foreign Ownership and Access to External Finance
Raff, Horst - 2013
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078522
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How Far Away is an Intangible? Services FDI and Distance
Davies, Ronald B.; Guillin, Amélie - 2021
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships in FDI decisions have been provided for goods manufacturing by utilizing physical distance-based measures of trade costs. This paper investigates spatial interactions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315967
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International Taxation and Multinational Firm Location Decisions
Barrios, Salvador; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2021
Using a large international firm-level data set, we estimate separate effects of host and parent country taxation on the location decisions of multinational firms. Both types of taxation are estimated to have a negative impact on the location of new foreign subsidiaries. In fact, the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316424
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Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions : The Facts as a Guide for International Economics
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2021
-seeking', (iii) M&As come in waves (the most recent wave is still unfolding), (iv) economic integration (international deregulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317375
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Corporate Taxation and Multinational Activity
Egger, Peter H.; Loretz, Simon; Pfaffermayr, Michael; … - 2021
This paper assesses the impact of corporate taxation on multinational activity. A numerically solvable general equilibrium model of trade and multinational firms is used to incorporate the following components of corporate taxation: parent and host country statutory corporate tax rates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317492