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The Economic Impact of Forming a European Company
Author(s) -
Hornuf Lars,
Mohamed Abdulkadir,
Schwienbacher Armin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/jcms.12839
Subject(s) - shareholder , arbitrage , member states , corporate tax , business , corporate law , stock (firearms) , accounting , industrial organization , economics , finance , international trade , corporate governance , european union , double taxation , tax avoidance , geography , archaeology
Ever since 2004 companies located in Member States of the European Economic Area have been able to opt to incorporate in a supranational legal form, the Societas Europaea. We found that companies located in Member States where the Societas Europaea offers additional legal arbitrage opportunities benefit most. Moreover, our results show that the stock price reaction is positive when the decision to incorporate as an Societas Europaea involves moving the firm's registered office and that firms are moving to jurisdictions with significantly lower corporate tax rates. Finally, we found evidence of uncertainty at the registration date but not at the time of the shareholder meeting.