Profit shifting by multinational corporations is thought to reduce tax revenue around the world. While transfer pricing regulations are meant to curtail profit shifting, there have been rising concerns that a sophisticated tax advisory industry can limit their effectiveness. This paper provides...

Trotz internationaler Reformen mit dem Ziel, grenzüberschreitende Steuerhinterziehungsaktivitäten einzudämmen, ist die Bedeutung globaler Offshore-Finanzvermögen von 2001 bis 2021 relativ konstant geblieben: Gemessen an der globalen Wirtschaftsleistung schwanken sie um etwa zehn Prozent....

By combining new macroeconomic statistics on the activities of multinational companies with the national accounts of tax havens and the world's other countries, we estimate that close to 40% of multinational profits are shifted to low-tax countries each year. Profit shifting is highest among...

We are well aware of the rise of the 1% as the rapid growth of economic inequality has put the majority of the world's wealth in the pockets of fewer and fewer. One much-discussed solution to this imbalance is to significantly increase the rate at which we tax the wealthy. But with an enormous...

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...