We study the consequences of multinational tax avoidance on the structure of government tax revenues. To motivate our analysis, we show that countries with high revenue losses due to profit shifting have lower corporate tax revenues and rates and higher indirect tax revenues and rates. To...

This paper explores reasons for declining contributions of multinational firms to corporate tax revenues. Using a population of UK firms, I show that over the period 2000 - 2014 multinationals paid a declining fraction of corporate tax revenues, while expanding in size. In 2014 over 70% of total...

This paper estimates the response of corporate tax revenues to the business cycle fluctuations and calculates a heterogeneous asymmetry in the tax revenue responses between booms and recessions using a new index of loss offset generosity provisions. I find strong short-run contemporaneous impact...

This paper examines tax revenue during the business cycle by estimating the relationship between tax revenue efficiency and the output gap. We find a positive and significant relationship between these variables; results are consistent for quarterly and annual data, and across advanced and...

This paper examines tax revenue during the business cycle by estimating the relationship between tax revenue efficiency and the output gap. We find a positive and significant relationship between these variables; results are consistent for quarterly and annual data, and across advanced and...