Using a unique dataset on worldwide multinational corporations with precise location of headquarters and affiliates, I … role in the location strategies of multinational corporations. …

vary in their pattern of new firm location. In East Germany, only 5 percent of the industries reveal start-up localization … patterns beyond what natural advantages would suggest compared to 40 percent in West Germany. -- Entrepreneurship ; location …New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural …

location for an affiliate of a multinational firm. In particular, we distinguish between the tax sensitivity of Greenfield and … M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on German outbound FDI, we find evidence that location decisions of … M&A investments are less sensitive to differences in tax rates than location decisions of Greenfield investments …

This paper examines how restrictions on the tax-deductibility of interest cost affect location choices of multinational …-elasticities of location choice and also novel results on the relative importance of tax base vs. tax rate effects. We finally provide …

exports and take this model to data from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods. In line with …

strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we put this trade policy initiative in its broader perspective. We argue … project could increase per capita income in Germany by between 1 and 3%. We critically question the need for investor …