Imperfect tax competition for profits, asymmetric equilibrium and beneficial tax havens

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-264

  Johannesen, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Profit shifting; Tax competition; Tax havens

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; FIRM SIZE; INVESTMENT; MODEL; PROFITABILITY; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 77953614281     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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