The Non-Neutrality of the Arm's Length Principle with Imperfect Competition

Ana Belén Lemus Torres
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Diego Moreno ()

UC3M Working papers. Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía

Abstract: The Arm's Length Principle (ALP) has been broadly adopted by OECD countries to avoid the use of firms' internal transfer pricing as a device for shifting profits into low tax jurisdictions. While the ALP does not affect market outcomes under perfect competition, we show that under imperfect competition its adoption is non-neutral: a strict (lax) application of the ALP softens competition among subsidiaries (parents). Thus, under imperfect competition regulating transfer pricing optimally requires trading off its impact on market outcomes and tax revenue.

Keywords: Transfer; Pricing; Regulation; Arm'S; Length; Principle; Imperfect; Competition; Vertical; Separation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H26 L13 L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-07
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Working Paper: The non-neutrality of the arm's length principle with imperfect competition (2011)
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