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Fiscalité internationale et comportment des firmes multinationales américaines: une approche intégrée .
Author(s) -
Azémar Céline
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
canadian journal of economics/revue canadienne d'économique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1540-5982
pISSN - 0008-4085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01570.x
Subject(s) - economics , dividend , attractiveness , deferral , transfer pricing , double taxation , international taxation , income tax , enforcement , monetary economics , corporate tax , investment (military) , profit (economics) , tax planning , public economics , tax avoidance , tax reform , international economics , microeconomics , finance , multinational corporation , psychology , psychoanalysis , politics , political science , law
This paper explores the effects of corporate taxation on U.S. capital invested abroad and on tax planning practices. The econometric analysis first indicates that investment is strongly influenced by average tax rates, with a magnified impact particularly for low‐tax rates, implying that the attractiveness of low‐tax countries is not weakened by anti‐deferral rules and cross‐crediting limitations. Further explorations suggest that firms report higher profit, higher Subpart F income, and are less likely to repatriate dividends when they are located in low‐tax jurisdictions. Finally, when the role of effective transfer pricing regulations is estimated, it appears that low degrees of law enforcement are associated with higher income shifting.