Do tax sparing agreements contribute to the attraction of FDI in developing countries?

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 543-562

  Azémar, Céline ^a,b   Desbordes, Rodolphe ^a   Mucchielli, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b CES   (France)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; International taxation; Tax sparing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548105999     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-9005-9     Document Type: Article

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