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The Effects of Multinationals? Profit Shifting Activities on Real Investments

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Overesch, Michael
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This paper investigates whether the size of multinationals? real investments in a high-tax country is affected by profit shifting activities. A simple theoretical analysis shows that tax rates abroad impact the cost of capital in the presence of profit shifting activities of multinational companies. As profit shifting opportunities constitute a competitive advantage, the respective size of investments should theoretically increase if profits can be shifted to a lower taxing country. An empirical analysis, based on a panel of German inbound investments, confirms a positive tax response of real investments with a decreasing tax rate at the foreign direct investor?s home country. Hence, the results suggest that the size of foreign investments in a high-tax country is positively affected by lower foreign taxation of shifted profits. --

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Paper provided by ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research in its series ZEW Discussion Papers with number 07-071.

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Keywords: Taxation; Multinationals; Profit Shifting; Investment Decisions; Firm-level Data;

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H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm
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F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements

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