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The Mirage Of Mobile Capital, Wei Cui
The Mirage Of Mobile Capital, Wei Cui
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Capital mobility has preoccupied scholars of international taxation for more than 30 years. According to prevailing narratives, when capital is highly mobile, countries compete to attract investment, creating a race to the bottom; capital mobility also enables multinational enterprises (MNEs) to shift profits. The appeal of these narratives has culminated in the OECD’s proposed Global Minimum Tax, which declares the aim of substantially curtailing tax competition. This paper suggests, however, that the significance of mobile capital for international taxation may be largely an illusion.
Four deflationary arguments are advanced. First, the rising importance of intangibles for MNEs makes capital less, …