A Pecking Order Theory of Capital Inflows and International Tax Principles

28 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006

See all articles by Assaf Razin

Assaf Razin

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Chi-Wa Yuen

The University of Hong Kong - School of Economics and Finance

Date Written: April 1996

Abstract

Even though financial markets today show a high degree of integration, the world capital market is still far from the textbook story of high capital mobility. The purpose of this paper is to highlight key sources of market failure in the context of international capital flows and to provide guidelines for efficient tax structure in the presence of capital market imperfections. The analysis distinguishes three types of international capital flows: foreign portfolio debt investment, foreign portfolio equity investment, and foreign direct investment. The paper emphasizes the efficiency of a nonuniform tax treatment of the various vehicles of international capital flows.

JEL Classification: F21, F35, H25, H30

Suggested Citation

Razin, Assaf and Yuen, Chi-Wa, A Pecking Order Theory of Capital Inflows and International Tax Principles (April 1996). IMF Working Paper No. 96/26, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=882926

Assaf Razin (Contact Author)

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics ( email )

P.O. Box 39040
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978
Israel
+972 3 640 7303 (Phone)
+972 3 640 9908 (Fax)

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) ( email )

1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5
Munich, DE-81679
Germany

HOME PAGE: http://www.CESifo.de

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

Chi-Wa Yuen

The University of Hong Kong - School of Economics and Finance ( email )

8th Floor Kennedy Town Centre
23 Belcher's Street
Kennedy Town
Hong Kong
+8 52 2859 1051 (Phone)
+8 52 7548 1152 (Fax)

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Downloads
354
Abstract Views
1,899
Rank
154,957
PlumX Metrics