Arbeitspapier
Who Cares about Corporate Taxation? Asymmetric Tax Effects on Outbound FDI
This paper investigates whether different types of FDI are asymmetrically affected by corporate taxation. We classify investment projects according to several characteristics such as the general motivation for FDI, the type of business activity, or the degree of internationalization of the multinational. Subsequently, we analyze how local taxes influence the number of German outbound investments in European countries. The analysis reveals significant asymmetries with regard to tax effects: vertically integrated investments are more sensitive to host-country taxation than horizontal FDI; larger taxrate elasticities are estimated if business activities are considered highly mobile; in accordance with profit-shifting arguments, subsidiaries of more internationalized companies are less tax responsive to host taxation.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ifo Working Paper ; No. 59
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements
Multinational Firms; International Business
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Firm
- Thema
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FDI
corporate taxation
multinational company
count data
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Overesch, Michael
Wamser, Georg
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
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Munich
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Overesch, Michael
- Wamser, Georg
- ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
Entstanden
- 2008