{"id":6514,"date":"2012-12-19T15:25:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T20:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6514"},"modified":"2012-12-19T15:25:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T20:25:50","slug":"cutting-taxes-is-a-largely-ineffective-strategy-for-attracting-foreign-investment-europp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/19\/cutting-taxes-is-a-largely-ineffective-strategy-for-attracting-foreign-investment-europp\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting taxes is a largely ineffective strategy for attracting foreign investment &#124; EUROPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aidan Regan writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ddddff;\"><p>The Irish have the second best trade surplus in the eurozone, and productivity per worker is three times higher than Germany&#8230;.. The truth of this fairy-tale is that US multinational corporations are engaged in transfer pricing. They locate profits in Ireland to take advantage of the low corporate tax regime.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href='http:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/europpblog\/2012\/12\/19\/taxes-foreign-investment\/'>Cutting taxes is a largely ineffective strategy for attracting foreign investment. | EUROPP<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aidan Regan writes: The Irish have the second best trade surplus in the eurozone, and productivity per worker is three times higher than Germany&#8230;.. The truth of this fairy-tale is that US multinational corporations are engaged in transfer pricing. They locate profits in Ireland to take advantage of the low corporate tax regime. 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