Introduction -- Overview of international taxation -- Examples of country tax systems -- Manufacturing -- Procurement companies -- Distribution and regional sales companies -- Shipping and air transport -- Value added tax -- Customs duties and tariffs -- The digital economy -- Social security...

Company taxes and taxes on highly skilled labour both influence the attractiveness of a particular region as a location for investment. We measure the effective tax burden on capital investment and on highly qualified labour in 33 locations across Europe and the United States. We then correlate...

This paper assesses the impact of corporate taxation on multinational activity. A numerically solvable general equilibrium model of trade and multinational firms is used to incorporate the following components of corporate taxation: parent and host country statutory corporate tax rates,...