Multinationals’ profit response to tax differentials: Effect size and shifting channels

This paper provides a quantitative review of the empirical literature on profit-shifting behaviour of multinational firms. We synthesize the evidence from 27 studies and find a substantial response of profit measures to international tax rate differentials. Accounting for confounding factors by mean...

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International taxation
Licensing
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Tax rates
Taxation
Transfer pricing
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