Despite the economic importance of international foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, investment decisions of multinational firms are not well understood. A multinational firm can establish a subsidiary in a foreign country through greenfield investment or through acquiring an existing firm in...

Many studies have shown that the activities of multinational corporations are quite sensitive to differences in income tax rates across countries. In this paper I explore the interaction between multinational taxation and abatement activities under an international emissions permit trading...

Many studies have shown that the activities of multinational corporations are quite sensitive to differences in income tax rates across countries. In this paper I explore the interaction between multinational taxation and abatement activities under an international emissions permit trading...

This paper presents a simple model of a partially decentralized multinational firm (MNF) in competition with a rival firm. It is shown that transfer pricing can be used as a rent-shifting device by the MNF to compete with the rival. This arises because the MNF headquarters uses the transfer...

World trade of goods and services is based upon the global supply chain and logistics management, and its flow is determined by the drivers of supply chain management. For a company to be successful in the new millennium where a paradigm shift has taken place it becomes necessary that its supply...

Overseas investors’ confidence is an important factor that attracts FDI. The tax and regulatory policy in the respective countries can either be a major attraction or repulsion, as far as investor sentiment is concerned. In India, this issue has had many references in the literature. To bypass...