Browsing Discussion papers (SAM) by Subject "economic integration"
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Corporate tax systems, multinational enterprises, and economic integration
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-07)Multinational firms are known to shift profits and countries are known to compete over shifty profits. Two major principles for corporate taxation are Separate Accounting (SA) and Formula Apportionment (FA). These two ... -
Globalisation and the mix of wage and profit taxes
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-02)This paper analyses the development of the ratio of corporate taxes to wage taxes using a simple political economy model with internationally mobile and immobile firms. Among other results, our model predicts that countries ... -
Integration in the English wheat market 1770-1820
(Discussion paper;12/2013, Working paper, 2013-06)Cointegration analysis has been used widely to quantify market integration through price arbitrage. We show that total price variability can be decomposed into: (i) magnitude of price shocks; (ii) correlation of price ... -
Relative wages and trade-induced changes in technology
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-09)We develop a model where trade liberalization leads to skill-biased technological change, which in turn raises the relative return to skilled labor. When firms get access to a larger market, the relative profitability of ... -
A U-shaped Europe? : a simulation study of industrial location
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 1999-09)This paper uses a full-scale CGE-model - calibrated on 1992 data - to investigate the effects of European integration on the location of industrial production. Our results reveal large differences among individual ...