Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451929501
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (519 download)
Book Synopsis Tax Incentives and International Capital Flows by : International Monetary Fund
Download or read book Tax Incentives and International Capital Flows written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper explores how the tax treatment of investment and savings affects international capital flows as well as national and global welfare. Focusing on portfolio investment, it evaluates the international effects of capital income taxes in the United States and Japan. During the 1980s, these taxes encouraged capital flows to the United States both by favoring investment in that country and by harming the country’s relative savings performance. The paper concludes that the internationalization of financial markets calls for a careful study of the international implications of domestic tax policies.