In intra‐group finance hybrid instruments allow for tailor‐made form of finance. Hence hybrid finance is often used for international tax planning in multinational groups.Due to a lack of international tax harmonization or tax coordination qualification conflict can arise. A specific hybrid...

Der französische Ökonom (Jahrgang 1986, Lehrer an der London School of Economics) greift die "legalen" Methoden multinationaler Konzerne zur Steueroptimierung, -verkürzung und -vermeidung auf und stellt damit die Steueroasen für Europäer an den Pranger. Mit aktuellen Daten und Statistiken...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the global financial crisis on corporate' tax avoidance has been investigated. The statistical sample consists of 107 active firms in Tehran Stock Exchange between the years 2005 and 2014 which were selected through systematic removal. To...

This paper uses account-level information, reported to the IRS by foreign financial institutions under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), to produce new evidence on the foreign financial wealth of U.S. households. We find that U.S. taxpayers hold around $4 trillion in foreign...

This paper examines how cooperation between national securities regulators affects equity market liquidity, using the International Organization of Securities Commissions' (IOSCO's) Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU) as a shock to cooperation. The MMoU was set up to protect...

Qatar and Dubai have established financial centres which have been based upon the common law jurisdiction of England and Wales because of the advantages such a system can give to the development of their respective financial services industries. The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and the Dubai...