Does Foreign Capital Increase Tax Revenue: The Turkish Case

We examine the effect of the foreign direct investment (FDI) on taxes paid for Turkey with a special focus on the differentials between firms operating with different technology levels. We utilize a comprehensive dataset for Turkish manufacturing firms over 2004-2012 period and employ Generalized Me...

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Main Authors: Eda Balıkçıoğlu, Başak Dalgıç, Burcu Fazlıoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2016-04-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/31978/352521?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturk
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description We examine the effect of the foreign direct investment (FDI) on taxes paid for Turkey with a special focus on the differentials between firms operating with different technology levels. We utilize a comprehensive dataset for Turkish manufacturing firms over 2004-2012 period and employ Generalized Method of Moments methodology. The results of the study confirm that foreign affiliation increase the taxes paid by the firms. We find a bigger impact of FDI on taxation for high-technology firms than medium or low technology firms.
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spelling doaj.art-9e97ba04ee134d368284cce556aa96282023-02-15T16:18:40ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues2146-41382016-04-01627767811032Does Foreign Capital Increase Tax Revenue: The Turkish CaseEda BalıkçıoğluBaşak DalgıçBurcu FazlıoğluWe examine the effect of the foreign direct investment (FDI) on taxes paid for Turkey with a special focus on the differentials between firms operating with different technology levels. We utilize a comprehensive dataset for Turkish manufacturing firms over 2004-2012 period and employ Generalized Method of Moments methodology. The results of the study confirm that foreign affiliation increase the taxes paid by the firms. We find a bigger impact of FDI on taxation for high-technology firms than medium or low technology firms.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/31978/352521?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturkforeign direct investment tax revenue and generalized method of moments
spellingShingle Eda Balıkçıoğlu
Başak Dalgıç
Burcu Fazlıoğlu
Does Foreign Capital Increase Tax Revenue: The Turkish Case
International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
foreign direct investment
tax revenue
and generalized method of moments
title Does Foreign Capital Increase Tax Revenue: The Turkish Case
title_full Does Foreign Capital Increase Tax Revenue: The Turkish Case
title_fullStr Does Foreign Capital Increase Tax Revenue: The Turkish Case
title_full_unstemmed Does Foreign Capital Increase Tax Revenue: The Turkish Case
title_short Does Foreign Capital Increase Tax Revenue: The Turkish Case
title_sort does foreign capital increase tax revenue the turkish case
topic foreign direct investment
tax revenue
and generalized method of moments
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/31978/352521?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturk
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