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Evaluating the effects of ACE systems on multinational debt financing and investment
Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin - 2015
allowance for corporate equity (ACE) to achieve tax neutrality. We study the effects of adopting an ACE on debt financing …) variations across affiliates within the multinational group. Our results suggest that an ACE reduces the corporate debt ratio of … multinational affiliates. Additionally, an ACE increases intra-group lending and other forms of passive investment but has no …
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Evaluating the effects of ACE systems on multinational debt financing and investment
Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin - In: Journal of public economics 156 (2017), pp. 131-149
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Corporate Taxation, Debt Financing and Foreign Plant Ownership
Keuschnigg, Christian; Egger, Peter; Eggert, Wolfgang; … - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2009
This paper compares domestically and foreign-owned plants with respect to their debt-toassets ratio and analyzes to which extent the difference is systematically affected by corporate taxation. To derive hypotheses about influence of corporate taxation on a firm's debt financing we adapt a...
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Taxes and corporate financing decisions : evidence from the Belgian ACE reform
Moore, Nils aus dem - 2014
-econometric evaluation of the so-called ACE corporate tax reform in Belgium based on firm-level accounting data. We interpret the tax reform … comparison group. Our results document that the ACE reform led to a systematic pattern of heterogeneous effects on the capital …
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The taxation of foreign profits : a unified view
Devereux, Michael P.; Fuest, Clemens; Lockwood, Ben - 2015
This paper synthesizes and extends the literature on the taxation of foreign source income in a framework that covers both greenfield and acquisition investment, and a general constraint linking investment at home and abroad for the multinational by introducing a cost of adjustment for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485517
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Company tax coordination cum tax rate competition in the European Union
Eggert, Wolfgang; Haufler, Andreas - 2006
This paper reviews the recent theoretical literature that analyses the European Union's policy to eliminate preferential corporate tax regimes and the proposal to introduce a consolidated EU tax base with formula apportionment for the taxation of multinational firms. Since neither proposal...
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Second-best source-based taxation of multinational firms
Becker, Johannes - 2021
I consider a continuum of multinational enterprises (MNEs), which differ in profitability. MNEs employ capital, shift profit to tax havens and may relocate their production facilities to other countries. Source countries provide public inputs and levy taxes. I derive optimal policy choices for...
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Tax influence on financial structures of M&As
Harendt, Christoph - 2018
In this paper, I investigate the influence of tax incentives on the financial structures of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) conducted by multinational entities (MNE). Previous research has already found evidence for tax avoidance by debt shifting. I analyze the importance of locating debt at...
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Capital Structure and International Debt Shifting.
Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; Nicodème, Gaëtan - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2007
This paper presents a model of a multinational firm’s optimal debt policy that incorporates international taxation factors. The model yields the prediction that a multinational firm’s indebtedness in a country depends on a weighted average of national tax rates and differences between...
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Capital Structure and International Debt Shifting
Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; Nicodème, Gaëtan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper presents a model that relates a multinational firm's optimal debt policy to taxation and to non-tax factors such as the desire to prevent bankruptcy. The model yields the predictions that a multinational's indebtedness in a country depends on national tax rates and differences between...
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