The global financial crisis has brought to an end a rather unprecedented period of banks’ international expansion. We analyze the effects of the crisis on international banking. Using a detailed dataset on the…
Fiscal federalism in Germany is characterized by lacking sub-national tax autonomy and intensive fiscal equalization. Due to a sunset clause, the current equalization syst em has to be renegotiated by the year…
The United States (U.S.) is the last major economy to impose repatriation taxes on international FDI activities. If earnings from foreign subsidiaries are repatriated, the U.S. taxes the dividend at the domestic…