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A touch of sophistication : FDI and unit values of exports
Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2009
many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …
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Former foreign affiliates : cast out and outperformed?
Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Poelhekke, Steven - 2014
The literature has documented a positive effect of foreign ownership on firm performance. But is this effect due to a one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus on divestments, that is, foreign affiliates that are...
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The taxation of foreign profits : a unified view
Devereux, Michael P.; Fuest, Clemens; Lockwood, Ben - 2015
This paper synthesizes and extends the literature on the taxation of foreign source income in a framework that covers both greenfield and acquisition investment, and a general constraint linking investment at home and abroad for the multinational by introducing a cost of adjustment for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485517
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Former foreign affiliates : cast out and outperformed?
Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Poelhekke, Steven - 2014
The literature has documented a positive effect of foreign ownership on firm performance. But is this effect due to a one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus on divestments, that is, foreign affiliates that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010384393
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Corporate profit shifting and the role of tax havens : evidence from German country-by-country reporting data
Fuest, Clemens; Hugger, Felix; Neumeier, Florian - 2021
This paper is the first to use information from individual country-by-country (CbC) re-ports to assess the extent of profit shifting by multinational enterprises. Unlike other data often used to evaluate the extent of profit shifting and tax avoidance, CbC reports pro-vide a complete coverage of...
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Global profit shifting of multinational companies : evidence from CbCR micro data
Fuest, Clemens; Greil, Stefan; Hugger, Felix Sebastian; … - 2022
This paper uses micro data from country-by-country reporting of more than 3600 large multinational companies operating in 238 jurisdictions to analyze global profit shifting to avoid taxes. These companies report 7% of their global profits in jurisdictions with effective average tax rates below...
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Tax Competition : Greenfield Investment Versus Mergers and Acquisitions
Becker, Johannes; Fuest, Clemens - 2021
In this paper, we analyze tax competition in a model where investor firms have the choice between two types of investment, greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions. We show that the coexistence of these two types of investment intensifies tax competition in comparison to the case where...
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Quality Versus Quantity - The Composition Effect of Corporate Taxation on Foreign Direct Investment
Becker, Johannes; Fuest, Clemens - 2021
This paper studies corporate taxation in a model where foreign investment of firms may affect the profitability of the investor firm's domestic activities. In this framework, corporate taxes distort the quality, not just the quantity of foreign direct investment flows. High-tax countries may see...
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Steuerpolitik als Mittel des Protektionismus?
Fuest, Clemens - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 98 (2018) Sonderheft, pp. 4-7
Die Globalisierung und damit die weitere Vertiefung der wirtschaftlichen Integration werden von verschiedenen Seiten infrage gestellt. In vielen Ländern sind protektionistische Tendenzen zu erkennen. Die Folgen der US-Steuerreform und die Auswirkungen auf den internationalen Steuerwettbewerb...
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Steuerpolitik als Mittel des Protektionismus?
Fuest, Clemens - In: Wirtschaftsdienst / Sonderheft : … 98 (2018), pp. 4-7
Die Globalisierung und damit die weitere Vertiefung der wirtschaftlichen Integration werden von verschiedenen Seiten infrage gestellt. In vielen Ländern sind protektionistische Tendenzen zu erkennen. Die Folgen der US-Steuerreform und die Auswirkungen auf den internationalen Steuerwettbewerb...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871613