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Profit shifting opportunities, multinationals, and the determinants of FDI

Stöwhase, Sven (contributor) - 2002

profits. While it is assumed that FDI in real activity is deterred by high effective taxes, investment undertaken for purpose …, the analysis provides evidence that FDI in real activity (production) is correlated with effective tax rates while FDI …

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The hardships of long distance relationships : time zone proximity and knowledge transmission within multinational firms

Bahar, Dany - 2018

Using a unique dataset on worldwide multinational corporations with precise location of headquarters and affiliates, I present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary's economic activity, emerging from dynamics related to...

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The hardships of long distance relationships : time zone proximity and knowledge transmission within multinational firms

Bahar, Dany - 2018

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The relation between tax complexity and foreign direct investments : evidence across countries

Hoppe, Thomas; Schanz, Deborah; Sturm, Susann; Sureth, Caren - 2020

This paper analyzes the association between tax complexity and foreign direct investments (FDI) based on the newly … complexity for FDI and thereby enhance prior literature, which has primarily focused on the costs of tax complexity …

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The relation between tax complexity and foreign direct investment : evidence across countries

Hoppe, Thomas; Schanz, Deborah; Sturm, Susann; Sureth, Caren - 2020

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A note on labor productivity and foreign inward direct investment

Egger, Peter; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 1999

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What global fragmentation means for the WTO : Article XXIV, behind-the-border concessions, and a new case for WTO limits on investment incentives

Blanchard, Emily J. - 2014 - Manuscript date: December 19, 2013

The rapid rise in global fragmentation — foreign investment, global supply chains, and ‘production sharing — is fundamentally reshaping the multilateral trading system. This paper uses a simple economic modeling framework to understand how the global fragmentation phenomenon may reshape...

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Investment treaty reform when regulatory chill causes global warming

Horn, Henrik - 2022

It is often claimed that investment treaties will dissuade host countries from phasing out foreignowned CO2-intensive production. This paper uses a very simple economic framework to examine how such a problem might be alleviated through treaty reform, including increased carve-outs from...

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Corporate Tax Policy in Developed Countries and Economic Activity in Africa

Hoopes, Jeffrey L.; Klein, Daniel; Lester, Rebecca; … - 2022

This paper studies whether tax policies in developed nations affect developing economies through cross-border investments by multinational firms. We study firm investment responses to a major U.K. tax reform that drastically reduced the income tax burden for U.K.-based firms. Our identification...

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Institutional configurations in international investment research

Weber, Christopher; Mayer, Pascal - 2023

various host country characteristics on foreign direct investments (FDI). Special attention has been given to institutions … Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to investigate the interrelated effect of formal and informal institutions on FDI inflows. In our … empirical methodology, we use data on FDI and formal and informal institutions from 57 countries. The results support the …

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