In the increasingly global business environment of the 1990s, policymakers and executives of multinational corporations must make informed decisions based on a sound knowledge of U.S. and foreign tax policy. Written for a nontechnical audience, Taxing Multinational Corporations summarizes the...

The tax rules of the United States and other countries have intended and unintended effects on the operations of multinational corporations, influencing everything from the formation and allocation of capital to competitive strategies. The growing importance of international business has led...

We use earnings forecasts from securities analysts to construct a new measure of the neoclassical fundamentals that drive investment spending. We find that investment responds significantly to our new measure of fundamentals but is insensitive to cash flow, even for firms typically thought to be...

In this survey, we review research on tax policy and business investment with four objectives. First, we use a simple prototypical dynamic neoclassical investment model to derive and explain effects of taxation on business investment in the long run and short run. Second, we describe and...

In this survey, we review research on tax policy and business investment with four objectives. First, we use a simple prototypical dynamic neoclassical investment model to derive and explain effects of taxation on business investment in the long run and short run. Second, we describe and...