Taxes and the Location of Targets

Wiji Arulampalam, Michael Devereux and Federica Liberini

No 269311, Economic Research Papers from University of Warwick - Department of Economics

Abstract: We use firm-level data to investigate the impact of taxes on the international location of targets in M&A allowing for heterogeneous responses by companies. The statutory tax rate in the target country is found to have a negative impact on the probability of an acquisition in that country. In addition, the estimated size of the effect is found to depend on whether (i) acquirer is a domestic or a multinational enterprise; (ii) the acquisition is domestic or cross-border; and (iii) the acquirer’s country has a worldwide or territorial tax system.

Keywords: Financial; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48
Date: 2017-02-02
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