The increasing globalization of economic activity is bringing an awareness of the international consequences of tax policy. The move toward the common European market in 1992 raises the important question of how inefficiencies in the various tax systems—such as self-defeating tax competition...

In response to pressures created by the increasing globalization of the world economy, the OECD has issued a report titled "Harmful Tax Competition: An Emerging Global Issue" that provides an analysis of the phenomenon known as harmful tax competition. The Report identifies factors that...