Foreign ownership and corporate income taxation: An empirical evaluation

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1223-1244

  Huizinga, Harry ^a,b   Nicodème, Gaëtan ^c,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^d SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate taxation; Foreign ownership; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INCOME; OWNERSHIP; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 33744927916     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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