Federalism, weak institutions and the competition for foreign direct investment

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-123

  Kessing, Sebastian G ^a   Konrad, Kai A ^b,c   Kotsogiannis, Christos ^d  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bidding for firms; Federalism; Foreign direct investment; Hold up problem; Tax base cooccupation; Vertical tax competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049220448     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9058-4     Document Type: Article

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