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dc.contributor.authorEgger, Peter H.-
dc.contributor.authorStrecker, Nora M.-
dc.contributor.authorZoller-Rydzek, Benedikt-
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T09:52:05Z-
dc.date.available2021-02-11T09:52:05Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.issn0022-1996de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1873-0353de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/21629-
dc.description.abstractThe effective corporate profit tax rates (ETRs) of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are in general lower than those of national enterprises (NEs). In this paper, we argue that the bargaining power of MNEs is an important factor in explaining these differences beyond profit shifting. First, larger and more profitable firms are more valuable for tax authorities through, e.g., higher tax revenues and employment. In threatening to move their operations to other jurisdictions, larger firms, and specifically MNEs, may be able to extract greater tax deductions. This results in a regressive ETR schedule for MNEs and NEs. Second, MNEs face arguably lower costs to relocate their business (or profits) to foreign countries with a lower tax rate than NEs. This improves MNEs' threat point in bargaining and enables them further to extract higher tax deductions than NEs. To empirically quantify the importance of bargaining on the tax gap between MNEs and NEs, it is elemental to rigorously condition on the determinants of MNE status, profit taxation, as well as possible profit-shifting activities. To that end, we use French firm-level data and entropy balancing on the joint determinants of MNE status (including the possibility of profit shifting) and a firm's ETR. We find that the empirical regressivity of the French tax schedule reduces French MNEs' ETRs by 2.52 percentage points on average due to their larger size, while the relocation threat of the same firms reduces their ETR by 3.58 percentage points relative to comparable NEs. The former is a tax advantage that any firm (MNE or NE) of the same size could obtain, while the latter is specific to MNEs and beyond the reach of NEs.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherElsevierde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of International Economicsde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectEntropy balancingde_CH
dc.subjectMultinational firmde_CH
dc.subjectProfit taxationde_CH
dc.subject.ddc332: Finanzwirtschaftde_CH
dc.titleEstimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firmsde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInternational Management Institute (IMI)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-21629-
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zhaw.issue103258de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.publication.statusacceptedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume122de_CH
zhaw.embargo.end2022-01-31de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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Egger, P. H., Strecker, N. M., & Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2020). Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms. Journal of International Economics, 122(103258). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258
Egger, P.H., Strecker, N.M. and Zoller-Rydzek, B. (2020) ‘Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms’, Journal of International Economics, 122(103258). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258.
P. H. Egger, N. M. Strecker, and B. Zoller-Rydzek, “Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms,” Journal of International Economics, vol. 122, no. 103258, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258.
EGGER, Peter H., Nora M. STRECKER und Benedikt ZOLLER-RYDZEK, 2020. Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms. Journal of International Economics. 2020. Bd. 122, Nr. 103258. DOI 10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258
Egger, Peter H., Nora M. Strecker, and Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek. 2020. “Estimating Bargaining-Related Tax Advantages of Multinational Firms.” Journal of International Economics 122 (103258). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258.
Egger, Peter H., et al. “Estimating Bargaining-Related Tax Advantages of Multinational Firms.” Journal of International Economics, vol. 122, no. 103258, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2019.103258.


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