Rethinking Investment Incentives

Rethinking Investment Incentives
Author: Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2016-07-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0231541643

Governments often use direct subsidies or tax credits to encourage investment and promote economic growth and other development objectives. Properly designed and implemented, these incentives can advance a wide range of policy objectives (increasing employment, promoting sustainability, and reducing inequality). Yet since design and implementation are complicated, incentives have been associated with rent-seeking and wasteful public spending. This collection illustrates the different types and uses of these initiatives worldwide and examines the institutional steps that extend their value. By combining economic analysis with development impacts, regulatory issues, and policy options, these essays show not only how to increase the mobility of capital so that cities, states, nations, and regions can better attract, direct, and retain investments but also how to craft policy and compromise to ensure incentives endure.

Tax Incentives and Foreign Direct Investment

Tax Incentives and Foreign Direct Investment
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2000
Genre: Investments, Foreign
ISBN: 9789211125153

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is increasingly being recognized as an important factor in the economic development of countries. This study contains a survey of tax incentive regimes in over 45 countries from all regions of the world. The analysis sheds light on other issues such as design considerations, the importance of proper administration of incentives and measures to increase the efficacy of tax incentives offered. Policy makers will find the study a useful tool in the design, implementation and administration of tax incentives.

Using Tax Incentives to Compete for Foreign Investment

Using Tax Incentives to Compete for Foreign Investment
Author: Louis T. Wells
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821349922

Annotation This volume consists of two essays: the first one examines this issue in the context of Indonesia, the second provides a review of earlier literature.

Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and Financial Sector of Industrial Countries

Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and Financial Sector of Industrial Countries
Author: Heinz Herrmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2003-03-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783540005100

A collection of papers on the determinants and consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real and financial sectors of industrial countries. The text sheds new light on the determinants of FDI, in particular the role of governmental incentives. Another main topic is the role of FDI in the east European accession countries. It provides insights into the question of whether EU enlargement will have consequences for capital flows into those countries. Since the start of European monetary union, the discussion on cross-border mergers in the European banking industry has intensified. The final part of the book contains contributions to this debate.

Foreign Direct Investment and Tax Competition

Foreign Direct Investment and Tax Competition
Author: John H. Mutti
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780881323528

Addresses the nature and extent of the international mobility of foreign direct investment and how tax competition is affecting the structure of national tax systems, and how efforts at international coordination of tax policy will affect such changes.

How Tax Policy and Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment

How Tax Policy and Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment
Author: Jacques Morisset
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiscal policy
ISBN:

Tax incentives neither make up for serious deficiencies in a country's investment environment nor generate the desired externalities. But when other factors, such as infrastructure, transport costs, and political and economic stability are more or less equal, the taxes in one location may have a significant effect on investors' choices. This effect varies, however, depending on the tax instrument used, the characteristics of the multinational company, and the relationship between the tax systems of the home and recipient countries.

Tax Law Design and Drafting, Volume 1

Tax Law Design and Drafting, Volume 1
Author: Mr.Victor Thuronyi
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 534
Release: 1996-08-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781557755872

Edited by Victor Thuronyi, this book offers an introduction to a broad range of issues in comparative tax law and is based on comparative discussion of the tax laws of developed countries. It presents practical models and guidelines for drafting tax legislation that can be used by officials of developing and transition countries. Volume I covers general issues, some special topics, and major taxes other than income tax.

Corporate Income Taxes under Pressure

Corporate Income Taxes under Pressure
Author: Ruud A. de Mooij
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2021-02-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513511777

The book describes the difficulties of the current international corporate income tax system. It starts by describing its origins and how changes, such as the development of multinational enterprises and digitalization have created fundamental problems, not foreseen at its inception. These include tax competition—as governments try to attract tax bases through low tax rates or incentives, and profit shifting, as companies avoid tax by reporting profits in jurisdictions with lower tax rates. The book then discusses solutions, including both evolutionary changes to the current system and fundamental reform options. It covers both reform efforts already under way, for example under the Inclusive Framework at the OECD, and potential radical reform ideas developed by academics.

Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy

Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy
Author: Julien Chaisse
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789811336140

The Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy is a one-stop reference source. This Handbook covers the main conceptual questions in a logical, scholarly yet easy to comprehend manner. It is based on a truly global vision insisting particularly on Global South related issues and developments. In this respect, the Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy provides an excellent modern treatment of international investment law which is one of the fastest growing areas of international economic law. Professor Julien Chaisse, Professor Leïla Choukroune, and Professor Sufian Jusoh are the editors-in-chief of the Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy, a 1,500-page reference book, which is anticipated becoming one of the most influenced reference books in the international economic law areas. This Handbook is a highly comprehensive set of four volumes of original materials designed to cover all facets of international investment law and policy. The chapters, written by world-leading experts, explore key ideas and debates in relation to: international investment substantive law (Volume I), Investor-state dispute settlement (Volume II); interaction between international investment law and other fields of international law (Volume III); and, the new trends and challenges for international investment law (Volume IV). The Handbook will feature more than 80 contributions from leading experts (academics, lawyers, government officials), including Vivienne Bath, M. Sornarajah, Mélida Hodgson, Rahul Donde, Roberto Echandi, Andrew Mitchell, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, Christina L. Beharry, Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, Leon Trakman, Prabhash Ranjan, Emmanuel Jacomy, Mariel Dimsey, Stavros Brekoulakis, Romesh Weeramantry, Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, David Collins, Damilola S. Olawuyi, Katia Fach Gomez, Jaemin Lee, Alejandro Carballo-Leyda, Patrick W. Pearsall, Mark Feldman, Surya Deva, Luke Nottage, Rafael Leal-Arcas, James Nedumpara, Rodrigo Polanco, etc. This Handbook will be an essential reference tool for students and scholars of international economic law. Policy makers and researchers alike will find the Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy useful for years to come.

Tax Incentives in Cambodia

Tax Incentives in Cambodia
Author: Mr.Manuk Ghazanchyan
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484351541

Cambodia, like its regional peers, offers a number of tax incentives to investors. This paper reviews these incentives to assess their costs and benefits, including their likely effectiveness in attracting capital and in supporting the diversification strategy. It finds that an important incentive, the tax holiday, differs materially from practice elsewhere in offering a deferral rather than exempting from tax and may not be very effective. Moreover, other features of the tax system, such as the high withholding rate on dividends, imply relatively high effective tax rates for foreign investors. The paper discusses potential reforms that weigh revenue and other costs of tax incentives against the need for a competitive tax system, including a shift from tax holidays toward investment allowances.