How Does Profit Shifting Affect the Balance of Payments? /

Profit shifting by multinational enterprises-through manipulation of transfer prices of related-party trade, intragroup lending, or the location of intangibles-affects international flows, raising the question of its impact on the current account and external balances. This paper approaches this que...

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Главный автор: Hebous, Shafik
Другие авторы: Klemm, Alexander, Wu, Yuou
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/041
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF
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