Are Tax Havens Good? Implications of the Crackdown on Secrecy

SAFE Working Paper No. 111

19 Pages Posted: 23 Jul 2015

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Alfons J. Weichenrieder

Goethe University Frankfurt - Department of Applied Econometrics and International Economic Policy; Vienna University of Economics and Business; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Fangying Xu

Goethe University Frankfurt

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Date Written: July 2015

Abstract

The pressure on tax haven countries to engage in tax information exchange shows first effects on capital markets. Empirical research suggests that investors do react to information exchange and partially withdraw from previous secrecy jurisdictions that open up to information exchange. While some of the economic literature emphasizes possible positive effects of tax havens, the present paper argues that proponents of positive effects may have started from questionable premises, in particular when it comes to the effects that tax havens have for emerging markets like China and India.

Keywords: Tax haven, secrecy, tax information exchange, China, India

JEL Classification: H2, H7

Suggested Citation

Weichenrieder, Alfons J. and Xu, Fangying, Are Tax Havens Good? Implications of the Crackdown on Secrecy (July 2015). SAFE Working Paper No. 111, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2634402 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2634402

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