Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171487 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Working Paper Series No. 05/43
Version Description: 
June 2008
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research, Zurich
Abstract: 
This contribution provides evidence for the hypothesis that trade increases growth through its curbing effect on capital taxes. The analysed trade-growth channel includes a negative impact of open- ness on corporate taxes and a negative effect of taxes on growth. The paper explores the two steps theoretically and empirically, taking into account the critical points of recent studies in this field. Estimations with panel data for a sample of 12 OECD countries in the period 1965-1999 confirm a significant and robust impact of trade on growth through corporate taxes.
Subjects: 
Trade and Growth
Tax Competition
Capital Taxes and Mobility
OECD Countries
JEL: 
F43
O40
H71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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