The effect of Double Taxation Treaties and Territorial Tax Systems on Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence for Spain

Ángela Castillo-Murciego and Julio López Laborda
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No 2018-21, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Abstract: The present paper evaluates the effect of Double Taxation Treaties and the Territorial Tax System of countries on Spain's inward and outward FDI for the period 1993-2013. Estimations produce a positive and statistically significant effect of Treaties for both samples when using a simple binary variable for measuring the effect of the mere existence of the same. These outcomes keep for old and new Treaties and for the sub-sample of developed partner countries of Spain. However, regarding developing countries, the positive result exists only for the outbound sample. Also for the global samples and the sub-samples of developed countries, there is an additional positive effect on investments for countries applying the Territorial Tax System for taxing foreign income.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Double Taxation Treaty; Territorial Tax System; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F23 F68 H25 H32 H87 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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