Tax competition: A literature review

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-370

  Genschel, Philipp ^a   Schwarz, Peter ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Economic integration; Equity and efficiency; International competition; Multinational firms; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953133697     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwr004     Document Type: Review

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