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International taxation and multinational firm location decisions

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  • Barrios, Salvador
  • Huizinga, Harry
  • Laeven, Luc
  • Nicodème, Gaëtan

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Using a large international firm-level data set, we examine the separate effects of host and additional parent country taxation on the location decisions of multinational firms. Both types of taxation are estimated to have a negative impact on the location of new foreign subsidiaries. The impact of parent country taxation is estimated to be sizeable consistent with its international discriminatory nature. Our results show that international double taxation by the parent country – despite the general possibility of deferral of taxation until income repatriation – is instrumental in shaping the structure of multinational enterprise.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of Public Economics.

Volume (Year): 96 (2012)
Issue (Month): 11 ()
Pages: 946-958

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Handle: RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:96:y:2012:i:11:p:946-958

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Keywords: Corporate taxation; Withholding taxes; Dividends; Location decisions; Foreign direct investment; Multinationals;

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  1. Huizinga, H.P. & Voget, J. & Wagner, W.B., 2011. "International Taxation and Cross-Border Banking," Discussion Paper 2011-066, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
  2. Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès & Carré, Martine & Crozet, Matthieu, . "Une fiscalité compétitive dans un monde concurrentiel," Open Access publications from Université Paris-Dauphine urn:hdl:123456789/7872, Université Paris-Dauphine.
  3. Hansjörg Blöchliger & José Maria Pinero Campos, 2011. "Tax Competition Between Sub-Central Governments," OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism 13, OECD Publishing.
  4. Gaetan Nicodeme, 2009. "Corporate Income Tax and Economic Distortions," Taxation Papers 15, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, revised Apr 2009.
  5. Lourdes Jerez Barroso, 2011. "Base imponible y neutralidad del Impuesto de Sociedades: alternativas y experiencias," Hacienda Pública Española, IEF, vol. 197(2), pages 113-146, June.
  6. Kevin S Markle, 2012. "A Comparison of the Tax-motivated Income Shifting of Multinationals in Territorial and Worldwide Countries," Working Papers 1206, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation.
  7. Siedschlag, Iulia & Smith, Donal & Turcu, Camelia & Zhang, Xiaoheng, 2009. "What Determines the Attractiveness of the European Union to the Location R&D Multinational Firms?," Papers DYNREG46, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
  8. Deschryvere, Matthias, 2009. "Mobility of Corporate Headquarter Functions: A Literature Review," Discussion Papers 1203, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
  9. Wiji Arulampalam & Michael P. Devereux & Federica Liberini, 2012. "Taxes and the Location of Targets," Working Papers 1213, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation.
  10. Siedschlag, Iulia & Smith, Donal & Turcu, Camelia & Zhang, Xiaoheng, 2009. "What Determines the Attractiveness of the European Union to the Location of R&D Multinational Firms?," Papers WP306, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

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