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The disappearing tax base: is foreign direct investment eroding corporate income taxes?

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Reint Gropp () (European Central Bank, Kaiserstrasse 29, Postfach 16 03 19, 60066 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.)
Kristina Kostial () (International Monetary Fund, 700 19th St. NW, Washington, DC 20431, United States.)

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This paper analyzes the link between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), corporate taxation, and corporate tex revenues. We find strong evidence that FDI in (out) flows are affected by tax regimes in the host (home) countries and FDI flows in turn affect the corporate tax base. Simulations of EU harmonization (isolating the revenue effects of FDI on the tax base from direct effects through the rate harmonization) suggest that high (low) tax countries would gain (lose) revenue from harmonization; these effects may be substantial. Our results also suggest that EU tax harmonization would significantly affect the net FDI position of some countries. JEL Classification: H25; H87; F21; F42; F47.

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Paper provided by European Central Bank in its series Working Paper Series with number 31.

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Keywords: Corporate taxation foreign direct investment revenues simulations OECD countries.

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