TAXATION AND REGULATION AS BARRIERS TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FLOWS bY
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The PaPer examines the shifts in attitudes to foreign investment; charts the dimensions and composition of capital flows to develeping countries; outlines existing barriers and the effects of taxation on these flows, and critically examines the demand for their regulation in the light of the Asian crisis. JEL classification: F3, F21, F23 Address: Dept. of Economics, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Te1:310-825-4521 Fax:310-825-9528 email: [email protected] Revised September 1998 TAXATION AND REGULATION AS BARRIERS TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FLOWS
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