Corporate taxation, debt financing and foreign-plant ownership

European Economic Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-107

  Egger, Peter ^a   Eggert, Wolfgang ^b   Keuschnigg, Christian ^c   Winner, Hannes ^d  

^a CESIFO   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corporate taxation; Debt shifting; Financial structure; Multinational firms; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

DEBT; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FIRM OWNERSHIP; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 73549119918     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2009.06.007     Document Type: Review

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