Exports, foreign direct investment, and the costs of corporate taxation

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 460-477

  Keuschnigg, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corporate taxation; Costs of public funds; Effective tax rates; Exports; Extensive and intensive investment; Foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949234485     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-008-9077-9     Document Type: Article

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