This paper studies how globalization affects corporate tax planning strategies of U.S. manufacturing firms. Using U.S. granting China Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) as a quasi-natural experiment, we find a significant increase in tax avoidance for firms facing higher exposure to Chinese...

German municipalities levy local business taxes by choosing a tax rate to apply to local business income, where the tax base is defined uniformly at the national level. Before the federal government's imposition of a minimum tax rate in 2004, some municipalities such as the tiny North Sea town...

Der internationale Steuerwettbewerb ist in den vergangenen Jahren zu einem kontroversen Thema der medialen und politischen Debatte geworden. Die Aufdeckung von vielfältigen Steuervermeidungsstrategien einer Reihe von multinationalen Unternehmen hat dabei deutlich werden lassen, dass diese...