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Business relocation in the terms of tax competition

Author(s): Michał Sosnowski
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: relocation; tax competition; the income tax

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author discusses the problem relating to the relocation of enterprises as a process resulting from the ongoing globalization of economic activity. For this purpose, the author discusses the essence of relocation and its causes, with particular emphasis on tax competition between countries. According to the author, apart from specific adverse effects, relocation usually leads to an increase in the competitiveness of enterprises, their development, and thus to the development of the economies of individual countries. Therefore, the role of governments, especially of developing countries, is such an action, including the use of fiscal instruments, which, through healthy competition would allow the achievement of competitive advantage in the international market, so that would be used an opportunity for socio-economic development of the country.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 293-304
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish