Arbeitspapier

Corporate taxation and location of intangible assets: Patents vs. trademarks

Numerous empirical studies have analysed the influence of corporate taxation on the location of intangible assets within a company group. However, the previous literature has rather focused on studying the impact of taxation on patent location choices assuming that these assets represent the rest of intangibles as well. This paper complements previous studies by estimating and comparing the tax elasticities of two different types of intangibles - patents and trademarks. We employ data on European and US patent and trademark applications in the period of 1996-2012 and estimate a multinomial logit model that incorporates various observed and unobserved factors of the intangible's location choice. According to our main findings, trademarks are more sensitive to changes in taxation as compared to patents. This implies that firms use trademarks more eagerly for tax planning purposes than patents.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 16-015

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Multinational Firms; International Business
Tax Evasion and Avoidance
Thema
intangible assets
patent
trademark
tax planning
corporate taxation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Dudar, Olena
Voget, Johannes
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2016

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-407057
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Dudar, Olena
  • Voget, Johannes
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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