Formula Apportionment and Transfer Pricing under Oligopolistic Competition

Søren Nielsen, Pascalis Raimondos (pascalis.raimondos@qut.edu.au) and Guttorm Schjelderup

No 491, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: This paper demonstrates that under conditions of imperfect (oligopolistic) competition, a transition from separate accounting (SA) to formula apportionment (FA) does not eliminate the problem of profit shifting via transfer pricing. In particular, if affiliates of a multinational firm face oligopolistic competition, it is beneficial for the multinational to manipulate transfer prices for tax-saving as well as strategic reasons under both FA and SA. The analysis shows that a switch from SA rules to FA rules may actually strengthen profit shifting activities by multinationals.

Date: 2001
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Journal Article: Formula Apportionment and Transfer Pricing under Oligopolistic Competition (2003)
Working Paper: FORMULA APPORTIONMENT AND TRANSFER PRICING UNDER OLIGOPOLISTIC COMPETITION (2000)
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