Natural geography, firm location and the corporation tax debate
2016-12-07T15:06:29Z (GMT)
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In this article we describe our ongoing research to investigate the impact of geography on firms' location
decisions. This work allows us to comment on a key current policy debate, by assessing whether
independent control over corporation tax offers an effective lever for a nation (e.g. Scotland) to offset
aspects of geographic disadvantage when competing against other nations within Europe to attract foreign direct inward investment.