Taxes and the location of production: Evidence from a panel of US multinationals

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-367

  Devereux, Michael P ^a   Griffith, Rachel ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D2; F2; H3; Location of production; Multinomial logit; Profit taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000132389     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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