FORMULA APPORTIONMENT AND TRANSFER PRICING UNDER OLIGOPOLISTIC COMPETITION

Søren Nielsen, Pascalis Raimondos () and Guttorm Schjederup
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Guttorm Schjederup: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Postal: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, CESifo, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway
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No 18-2000, Working Papers from Copenhagen Business School, Department of Economics

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 multination 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.

Keywords: Formula apportionment; Transfer pricing; Oligopolistic competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2000-10-01
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