Taxation in a Global Economy: Theory and Evidence

ISBN-13: 9780521782760 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 356 str.

Andreas Haufler

Opis

The increasing international mobility of capital, firms and consumers affects tax policies in most OECD countries, playing a major role in reforming national tax systems. Haufler uses standard microeconomic analysis to consider the fundamental forces underlying this process. Topics include a variety of different international tax avoidance strategies--capital flight, profit shifting in multinational firms, and cross-border shopping. Haufler addresses the issue of coordination in different areas of tax policy, with emphasis on regional tax harmonization in the EU. Also included is a detailed introduction to recent theoretical literature.

Recenzje

'… a very interesting and a very well and carefully written book. It is highly useful as an introduction to students and as a reference for academics working in the field.' Journal of Economics

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; List of general symbols used; Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Tax Competition: Policy and Theory: 2. Policy issues; 3. A first look at the literature; Part II. Factor Taxation: 4. An introduction to capital tax competition; 5. Capital tax competition and country size; 6. Factor taxation and income distribution; 7. Profit-shifting and the corporate tax structure; Part III. Commodity Taxation: 8. The problem of cross-border shopping; 9. Switching to the origin principle?; Part IV. Factor and Commodity Taxation: 10. Optimal taxation with interacting factor and commodity taxes; 11. Commodity and profit taxation with imperfect firm mobility; 12. Country size and the location of monopolists; 13. Summary and policy conclusions; References; Index.