Saving taxes through foreign plant ownership

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-108

  Egger, Peter ^a,b,c,d   Eggert, Wolfgang ^c,e   Winner, Hannes ^f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d WIFO ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Company taxation; Multinational firms; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

DEBT; FIRM OWNERSHIP; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PROFITABILITY; TAX SYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 77952291001     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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