Taxes play an important role in determining the capital structure of companies. Consequently,a multinational company would choose its capital structure according to differencesin international taxation. Unlike purely national firms, multinationals can also use intercompanyloans to shift profits...

We apply insights from Edith Penrose`s work to extant theory of the multinationalenterprise (MNE) as enveloped by John Dunning`s Ownership, Location,Internalization (OLI) Paradigm...

This paper investigates replacing separate taxation by consolidation and formularyapportionment in a Bottom-up Federation, when a multijurisdictional firm is mobile invarious respects. The reform is decided cooperatively by all the jurisdictions or by some ofthem, while tax rates remain within...

This paper analyzes the impact of taxes and lending conditions on the financial structure ofmultinationals' foreign affiliates. The empirical analysis employs a large panel of affiliates ofGerman multinationals in 26 countries in the period from 1996 until 2003. In accordance withthe theoretical...

It was the aim of the study group to make progress in the evaluation of the bank relationships a company maintains. This evaluation should help to increase the efficiency of the net of financial institutions a company is banking with. In view of the very small number of publications on this...

In this paper we develop optimized localization strategies for multinational firms to overcome their liability of foreignness by adding a regional dimension. We explore conceptually whether economic stress in a region has a mitigating or reinforcing effect. We test this analytical framework...

The components of a European tax system with CCCTB or ETAS differ significantly. Nevertheless,we can perform a comparison in the chosen model framework. We determine theminimum required minimum pre-tax rate of return of a real investment in comparison to afinancial investment within a...

Die Europäische Union schlägt vor, künftig auf die gesonderte Besteuerung der Gesellschaften einer multinationalen Unternehmung zu verzichten und stattdessen einen konsolidierten Konzerngewinn über einen Aufteilungsschlüssel auf die Ansässigkeitsstaaten zu verteilen. Damit sollen die im...

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Entscheidungswirkungen der deutschen Abschnitts- besteuerung auf die optimale Repatriierungspolitik multinationaler Unternehmen untersucht. Anhand des Beispiels einer inländischen Einzelunternehmung, die eine Finanzanla- ge oder eine Realinvestition entweder...