The tax-efficient use of debt in multinational corporations
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چکیده
Affiliates of multinationals borrow a considerable amount from their parent company, even when the is located in high-tax country. This at odds with standard theories tax-efficient capital structure. We set up model that analyzes functioning internal market and investigates trade-off between tax savings frictions within group. test on data universe German multinationals. The empirical analysis largely supports our that: (i) smaller often rely parental debt financing; (ii) larger are more likely to use banks; (iii) external substitutes mix depends relative cost raising through affiliates; (iv) local within-group incentives play an important role determining all three types debt.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Corporate Finance
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0929-1199', '1872-6313']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102119