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Infrastructure Endowment and Corporate Income Taxes as Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries

Bellak, C., Leibrecht, M. and Damijan, J., P. (2009) Infrastructure Endowment and Corporate Income Taxes as Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries. World Economy, 32 (2). pp. 267-290. ISSN 0378-5920

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01144.x

Abstract/Summary

This paper analyses the importance of taxes on corporate income and production-related tangible infrastructure as determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). We operationalise taxes using effective average tax rates on the bilateral level and employ indices derived from principal component analysis as a proxy for the infrastructure endowment. In the empirical analysis we control for a possible interrelation between taxes and infrastructure as determinants of FDI - an issue usually neglected in the literature. Specifically, a favourable infrastructure endowment may compensate for relatively high taxes. Hence, higher taxes may not deter FDI. The results from our panel econometric analysis of bilateral outward FDI flows of seven home countries in eight CEECs for the 1995-2004 period in an augmented gravity model setting show that (i) both taxes and infrastructure play a role in the location decisions made by multinational enterprises; (ii) telecommunication and transport infrastructure are of special significance to FDI; and (iii) the tax-rate sensitivity of FDI indeed decreases with the level of infrastructure endowment. Copyright 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Henley Business School > International Business and Strategy
University of Reading Malaysia
ID Code:67717
Publisher:Wiley

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