This paper analyses tax competition and tax coordination in a model where capital flows occur in the form of mergers and acquisitions, rather than greenfield investment. In this framework, we show that differences in residence based taxes do not necessarily distort international ownership...

Die finanzwissenschaftliche Theorie hat lange Zeit die Auffassung unterstützt, dass ausländische wie inländische Einkommen besteuert werden sollten (Anrechnungsverfahren). Mittlerweile haben viele empirische Studien ergeben, dass es gesamtwirtschaftlich effizienter sei, ausländische...

The standard tax theory result that investment should not be distorted is based on the assumption that profits are locally bound. In this paper we analyze the optimal tax policy when firms are internationally mobile. We show that the optimal policy response to increasing firm mobility may be...

Forward looking measures like the well-known effective marginal tax rate developed by King and Fullerton (1984) are often criticized for not taking into account the complexity of the tax law. This paper derives a method of evaluating this kind of measure and of quantifying the bias resulting...