Why Pay More? Corporate Tax Avoidance through Transfer Pricing in OECD Countries

Eric Bartelsman and Roel Beetsma

No 324, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: This paper presents evidence of profit shifting in response to differences in corporate tax rates for a large selection of OECD countries. In our estimates we control for the effects of tax rate changes on real activity. Our baseline estimates suggest that, on average, a unilateral increase in the corporate tax rate does not lead to an increase in corporate tax revenues owing to a more than offsetting decline in reported profits.

Keywords: Profit shifting; transfer pricing; corporate tax rates; STAN database (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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