Capital mobility, agglomeration and corporate tax rates: Is the race to the bottom for real?

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-293

  Garretsen, Harry ^a   Peeters, Jolanda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Capital mobility; Corporate taxes; New economic geography

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CAPITAL FLOW; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; OECD; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 34547915285     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifm009     Document Type: Article

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