This paper investigates the role of corporate taxation with respect to a multinational's investment decision, in which the multinational can pursue either a direct or an indirect investment strategy. The latter involves at least three corporate entities and opens up enhanced opportunities for...

We analyze the interlinkages between foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI) between Germany and the major economies. First, we show that Tobin's q helps explaining the variation of the growth rate of the stock of FDI. Second, we show that foreign and the home...

Die Lage der deutschen Wirtschaft scheint besser als sie tatsächlich ist. Der Umfang der Investitionen bleibt hinter den Werten früherer Aufschwungphasen zurück. Abzüglich Abschreibungen sind nur 3,3 % Nettoinvestitionen in Relation zum BIP (2006) zu verzeichnen. In den 1990er Jahren betrug...