The Effectiveness of Tax Incentives in Attracting Investment : Panel Data Evidence from the CFA Franc Zone

In this paper, we investigate to what extent tax incentives are effective in attracting investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. We test the neo-classical investment theory prediction that tax incentives, by lowering the user cost of capital, raise investment. Next to tax incentives, we also estimate the i...

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Main Authors: Van Parys, Stefan, James, Sebastian
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4993