Arbeitspapier
Taxation and capital structure choice: evidence from a panel of German multinationals
This paper analyzes the impact of taxes and lending conditions on the financial structure of multinationals? foreign affiliates. The empirical analysis employs a large panel of affiliates of German multinationals in 26 countries in the period from 1996 until 2003. In accordance with the theoretical predictions, the effect of local taxes on leverage is positive for both types of debt. Moreover, while adverse local credit market conditions are found to reduce external borrowing, internal debt is increasing, supporting the view that the two channels of debt finance are substitutes.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 06-067
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- Thema
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Corporate Income Tax
Multinationals
Capital Structure
Firm-Level Data
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Büttner, Thiess
Overesch, Michael
Schreiber, Ulrich
Wamser, Georg
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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Mannheim
- (wann)
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2006
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Büttner, Thiess
- Overesch, Michael
- Schreiber, Ulrich
- Wamser, Georg
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Entstanden
- 2006