The Quest for Non-Resource-Based FDI : Do Taxes Matter? /

Using manufacturing and services firm-level data for 30 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this paper shows that taxation is not a significant driver for the location of foreign firms in SSA, while other investment climate factors, such as infrastructure, human capital, and insitutions, are. By an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kinda, Tidiane
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/015
Online Access:Full text available on IMF