Taxation and foreign direct investment: A synthesis of empirical research

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 673-693

  De Mooij, Ruud A ^a,b,c   Ederveen, Sjef ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CESifo ^*  (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Company taxation; Foreign direct investment; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043143537     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026329920854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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