A six-region general equilibrium model of the United States is used to assess the potential long-run effects of state-local and federal tax policies on output and the allocation of factors across regions and sectors. The nonuniform structure of state-local taxes and their interaction with...

Three interrelated aspects of U.S. multinational corporation activity are analyzed here: the ability to shift profits from high-tax countries to low-tax countries; the impact of host country taxes and tariffs on the distribution of real capital; and the influence of these policies on...

This paper uses data aggregated from tax returns of more than 500 U.S. multinational corporations (MNCs) to identify the role of host country tax rates in determining the amount of capital invested in 60 potential locations. The empirical results show that average effective tax rates have a...