74th International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 04 - 07, 2012 | Montréal, Canada

336 E60-3 4260 Public Finance

Sunday, October 7, 2012: 11:15 AM-1:15 PM
Chair:
Natalia Isachenkova, Kingston University London—United Kingdom
Organizer:
M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—Netherlands
What determines corporate tax rates? The role of economic and political factors
Åsa Hansson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics—Sweden
Measuring and characterizing the domestic effective tax rate of U.S. companies
Yaron Lahav, Ben-Gurion University of the Neegev—Israel; Galla Salganik, Ben-Gurion University of the Neegev—Israel
The Mediterranean union: An international trade perspective
Aazam Mohtaram Ghalati, Polytechnique Montreal—Canada; Thierry Warin, Polytechnique Montreal—Canada
Discussants:
Thierry Warin, Polytechnique Montreal—Canada ; Åsa Hansson, Lund University—Sweden and Yaron Lahav, Ben-Gurion University of the Neegev—Israel