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Taxes and the Location of Targets

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  • Arulampalam. Wiji

    (Department of Economics,University of Warwick)

  • Devereux, Michael P

    (Said Business School,Oxford University)

  • Liberini, Federica

    (ETH Zurich)

Abstract

We use firm-level data to investigate the impact of taxes on the international location of targets in M & A, allowing for heterogeneous responses by companies. The statutory tax rate in the target country is found to have a negative impact on the probability of an acquisition in that country. In addition, the estimated size of the effect is found to depend on whether (i) acquirer is a domestic or a multinational enterprise ; (ii) the acquisition is domestic or cross-border; and (iii) the acquirer's country has a worldwide or territorial tax system.

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  • Arulampalam. Wiji & Devereux, Michael P & Liberini, Federica, 2018. "Taxes and the Location of Targets," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1168, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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    Multinational enterprises ; cross-border expansion ; target choice ; corporation income tax ; mixed logit;
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    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

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