Competition in taxes and performance requirements for foreign direct investment

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1423-1442

  Davies, Ronald B ^a   Ellis, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic content requirements; Foreign direct investment; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TAX INCENTIVE;

EID: 34548140546     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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