Arbeitspapier
Secrecy Jurisdictions
This paper surveys tax haven legislation and links the literature on tax havens to the literature on asymmetric information. I argue that the core aim of tax haven legislation is to create private information (secrecy) for the users of tax havens. This leads to moral hazard and transaction costs in non-havens. The business model of tax havens is illustrated by using Mauritius and Jersey as case studies. I also provide several real world examples of how secrecy jurisdictions lead to inefficient market outcomes and breach of regulations in non-haven countries. Both developed and developing countries are harmed, but the consequences seem most detrimental to developing countries.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5239
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Multinational Firms; International Business
Economic Development: General
- Subject
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tax havens
secrecy
private information
moral hazard
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Schjelderup, Guttorm
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2015
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Schjelderup, Guttorm
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2015
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