Chapter 28 International taxation

Handbook of Public Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 1935-1995

  Gordon, Roger H ^a   Hines Jr , James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

fiscal externalities; foreign direct investment; international taxation; multinational corporations; tax avoidance; tax havens; transfer pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649385979     PISSN: 15734420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4420(02)80007-6     Document Type: Review

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