FDI determination and corporate tax competition in a volatile world

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 532-555

  Ghinamo, Mauro ^a   Panteghini, Paolo M ^b   Revelli, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate tax rates; Profit shifting; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957889586     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-009-9127-y     Document Type: Article

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