The impact of state corporate taxes on FDI location

Public Finance Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-360

  Agostini, Claudio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; State corporate income taxes; Tax endogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247279737     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142106292491     Document Type: Article

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