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Local Corporate Taxes and the Geography of Foreign Multinationals

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  • Zi, Yuan
  • Deng, Jianpeng
  • Liu, Chong
  • Wang, Zi

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We study the implications of the presence of foreign multinationals on regional corporate tax policies of a country. We develop and estimate a quantitative spatial model with multinational production (MP) and local corporate taxes. Exploiting China's corporate tax reform in 2008, we find that firm productions across regions within China are twice as footloose as they are across countries. The counterfactual analysis shows that (i) China's 2008 corporate tax reform shifted foreign-firm productions to western provinces and increased Chinese welfare by 0.80%; (ii) regional tax competition would significantly reduce China's corporate tax revenue, lowering the welfare by 5.57%; (iii) the optimal corporate tax schedule would increase Chinese welfare by 3.28%. Finally, without the presence of foreign multinationals, the welfare loss from regional tax competition would be 2.04%, while the gain from the optimal corporate taxes would be only 0.08%.

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  • Zi, Yuan & Deng, Jianpeng & Liu, Chong & Wang, Zi, 2023. "Local Corporate Taxes and the Geography of Foreign Multinationals," CEPR Discussion Papers 18194, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:18194
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • F61 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Microeconomic Impacts
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • R13 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies

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