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Corporate taxation in open economies
Šauer, Radek - 2022
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic impact of corporate taxation. The analysis is conducted in a quantitative two-country model. In the first step, the paper describes the long-run effects of corporate taxation. A reduction in the corporate-income tax rate increases GDP, wages, consumption,...
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The role of mobility in tax and subsidy competition
Haupt, Alexander; Krieger, Tim - 2009
In this paper, we analyse the role of mobility in tax and subsidy competition. Our primary result is that increasing … mobility intensifies tax competition, it weakens subsidy competition. The resulting fall in the governments' subsidy payments … in which two governments are first engaged in subsidy competition and thereafter in tax competition, and firms locate and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808634
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Competition for firms in an oligopolistic industry : do firms or countries have to pay?
Haufler, Andreas (contributor); Wooton, Ian (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497524
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Green havens and pollution havens
Poelhekke, Steven; Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2012
We test for pollution haven effects in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for different sectors using a comprehensive and exhaustive dataset for outward FDI from the Netherlands, one of the most environmentally stringent countries and a major source of global FDI. Our evidence suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570741
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Profit shifting and FDI restrictions : job market paper
Lebrand, Mathilde - 2016
Tariffs have almost completely disappeared but various restrictions on foreign entry remain for multinationals. Many trade agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have been signed to lower tariffs and reduce the risks of expropriation. Why do we see so few agreements removing FDI...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459180
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Preferential trade agreements and tax competition for foreign direct investment
Raff, Horst - 2002
This paper examines how free-trade agreements and customs unions affect the location of foreign direct investment (FDI) and social welfare, taking into account that governments may adjust taxes and external tariffs to compete for FDI. Conditions are identified under which a free-trade agreement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410658
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Information frictions, investment promotion, and multinational production : firm-level evidence
Carballo, Jerónimo; Marra de Artiñano, Ignacio; Volpe … - 2021
While countries make use of a wide range of policies to attract multinational firms, identifying the effect of such policies is difficult. Combining firm-level data on both the location of these firms' foreign affiliates and detailed service-specific information from Costa Rica's investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509370
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Determinants of global value chain participation : cross-country evidence
Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Kee, Hiau Looi; Winkler, Deborah - 2020
The past decades witnessed big changes in international trade with the rise of global value chains. Some countries, such as China, Poland, and Vietnam rode the tide, while other countries, many in the Africa region, faltered. This paper studies the determinants of participation in global value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213059
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Labour market power and the dynamic gains to openness reforms
Jha, Priyaranjan; Rodríguez López, Antonio; Spencer, … - 2023
We develop a dynamic general equilibrium framework with firm heterogeneity and monopsonistic labour markets, for quantification of the impact of trade and FDI liberalisation episodes. Firms make standard extensive margin investment choices into exporting and multinational statuses. The labour...
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A commitment theory of subsidy agreements
Brou, Daniel; Ruta, Michele - 2012
framework that emphasizes commitment. We build a model where the policy-maker has a tariff and a production subsidy at its …) Agreement within the GATT/WTO system. -- trade agreements ; trade policy credibility ; subsidy rules ; GATT/WTO …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009630111