A Pecking Order Theory of Capital Inflows and International Tax Principles

Chi-Wa Yuen, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka

No 1996/026, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Even though financial markets today show a high degree of integration, the world capital market is still far from the textbook story of high capital mobility. The purpose of this paper is to highlight key sources of market failure in the context of international capital flows and to provide guidelines for efficient tax structure in the presence of capital market imperfections. The analysis distinguishes three types of international capital flows: foreign portfolio debt investment, foreign portfolio equity investment, and foreign direct investment. The paper emphasizes the efficiency of a nonuniform tax treatment of the various vehicles of international capital flows.

Keywords: WP; rate of interest; economic value; representative firm; solvent firm; capital investment; n firm; borrowing firm; J firm; rate of return; Foreign direct investment; Corporate income tax; Capital flows; Capital income tax; Capital inflows; Western Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 1996-04-01
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