In this paper we ask whether recent claims that the US government should switch from the tax credit system to the exemption system are justified. We study corporate taxation in a model where international capital flows are either greenfield investment projects or acquisitions of existing firms,...

The standard tax theory result that investment should not be distorted is based on the assumption that profits are locally bound. In this paper we analyze the optimal tax policy when firms are internationally mobile. We show that the optimal policy response to increasing firm mobility may be...

The Republican majority in the US House of Representatives is considering the introduction of a destination based cash flow tax (DBCFT). A unilateral introduction of such a tax system raises a range of questions due to the co-existence with source based taxation systems abroad; moreover, it might...

Bundesfamilienministerin Lisa Paus betont, dass Wirtschaft wie Gesellschaft von einer ökonomischen Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern profitieren. Individuelle Potenziale könnten besser gehoben, wirtschaftliche Eigenständigkeit ermöglicht, Fachkräfte gesichert und Armutsrisiken von...

Recent empirical studies find that foreign direct investment (FDI) by a multinational firm is not associated with a reduction of the firm’s domestic activities. As it is often argued, this finding may imply that a country should not tax the firm’s foreign profit income since this reduces...

In this paper, we analyze tax competition in a model where investor firms have the choice between two types of investment, greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions. We show that the coexistence of these two types of investment intensifies tax competition in comparison to the case where...

This paper studies corporate taxation in a model where foreign investment of firms may affect the profitability of the investor firm's domestic activities. In this framework, corporate taxes distort the quality, not just the quantity of foreign direct investment flows. High-tax countries may see...