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Cash-Flow Taxes in an International Setting

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  • Alan J. Auerbach
  • Michael P. Devereux

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We model the effects of cash-flow taxes, differing according to the location of the tax, on the behavior of a multinational producing and selling in two countries with three sources of economic rent: a fixed basic-production factor (located with initial production), mobile managerial skill, and a fixed final production factor (located with consumption). In general, governments face trade-offs in choosing between alternative taxes. A source-based cash-flow tax creates welfare-impairing production and consumption distortions, but falls partially on firm owners who may be nonresident. By contrast, a destination-based cash-flow tax does not distort behavior, but falls only on domestic residents.

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  • Alan J. Auerbach & Michael P. Devereux, 2018. "Cash-Flow Taxes in an International Setting," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 10(3), pages 69-94, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejpol:v:10:y:2018:i:3:p:69-94
    Note: DOI: 10.1257/pol.20170108
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods

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