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

Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of...

Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of...

Ungeachtet des Maastricht-Vertrags wird vielerorts in Europa versichert, dass man eine Zahlungsunfähigkeit Griechenlands abwenden wird. Dies wird in erster Linie den Gläubigern griechischer Staatsanleihen nutzen und ist im Kern die gleiche Konstellation, die auch der weltweiten Finanzkrise...

Local productivity externalities play an important role in the recent literature on economic geography and regional growth. But apart from case studies there is only weak empirical evidence. Using a simple theoretic framework the paper derives two empirical implications of those externalities...