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Double Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition for Mobile Capital

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  • Leibrecht, Markus
  • Rixen, Thomas

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Postprint. Please cite as: Leibrecht, Markus and Thomas Rixen (2010) Double Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition for Mobile Capital, in: Martin Zagler (Ed.): International Tax Coordination. An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Virtues and Pitfalls, Routledge, 61-97. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203849026

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  • Leibrecht, Markus & Rixen, Thomas, 2020. "Double Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition for Mobile Capital," SocArXiv dgw5k, Center for Open Science.
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    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/dgw5k
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