We examine the impact of bilateral and multilateral tax treaties on bilateral FDI stocks. First, we present panel regressions of the effects of treaties on FDI based on an extensive database of all OECD countries from 1985 onwards. We use geographic instruments to correct for the endogeneity of...

Barrier to the free movement of persons, capital, goods and services, international juridical double taxation is an objective pursued by interested states in international financial flows increase, they act to eliminate or reduce it. Fiscal law and practice of world states leads, in many cases,...