Empirical evidence on the effects of tax incentives

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-423

  Klemm, Alexander ^b   van Parys, Stefan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Investment; Tax competition; Tax incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861765189     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-011-9194-8     Document Type: Article

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