The Politics of Corporate Taxation in the European Union: Knowledge and International Policy Agendas

ISBN-13: 9780415149990 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 272 str.

Claudio M. Radaelli

Opis

This study explores the formation of the European Union's tax policy and asks why member states did not raise objections to it. Firstly, it examines the Europeanization of domestic tax policy in Italy and the UK, asking how domestic policy has changed and what is meant by Europeanization. Secondly it puts the European Union tax policy in the wider context of tax globalization. Will the liberalization of capital movement, tax havens and the flexibility of multinationals in managing their taxable incomes wreck the European Union's fragile tax policies? In addressing these issues the study finds that knowledge is one of the most important resources in the European corporate tax process. It highlights the political problems raised by the search for rules, principles and appropriate levels of tax co-ordination and concludes that the European Union should re-consider its tax policy with new arguments.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Theoretical underpinnings; Chapter 2 The role of knowledge in the policy process; Chapter 3 Policy-making in the European Union; Chapter 4 The politics of tax reform; Part 2 Empirical research; Chapter 5 Problem definition in EU direct corporate tax policy; Chapter 6 Corporate direct taxation in the European Union; Chapter 7 Europeanisation and policy change; Chapter 8 International tax complexity; Part 3 Conclusions and perspectives; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Chapter 10 Corporate tax policy development in the EU;

O autorze

Claudio M. Radaelli