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...

Les structures régionales des pays candidats à l'Union européenne sont-elles compatibles avec les fonds structurels? Cette étude a été demandée par la commission de la politique régionale, des transports et du tourisme du Parlement européen dans le cadre du Plan de travail STOA 2001.

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This paper analyses regional growth in eastern Europe in the second half of the 1990s, when regional disparities sharply increased. It aims to identify the factors behind growth and to investigate in particular the role of (foreign) investment, education and innovation as well as geographical...