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Are foreign firms favored in China? Firm-level evidence on the collection of value-added taxes

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Huang, Yasheng; Tang, Heiwai
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Abstract
Research has uncovered the so-called foreign-ownership bias in China – persistent and sizable policy-induced advantages conferred on foreign firms at the expense of domestic private firms. This article examines the presence of such biases in regulatory implementation, as revealed in the different actual value-added tax (VAT) incidence borne by foreign versus domestic firms. Using comprehensive Chinese manufacturing firm data, we find that within an industry, the de facto VAT rates facing foreign firms are on average 2 percentage points lower than those of domestic private firms. The finding of this “VAT discount” for foreign firms is robust to controlling for a host of firm characteristics and to using alternative definitions of foreign ownership. We rule out various economic motivations, such as the technology-seeking motive, and show indirect evidence that the ownership bias is intended to protect state-owned enterprises. Further research is needed to precisely pin down the underlying motivations and mechanisms.
Date issued
2018-05
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129747
Department
Sloan School of Management
Journal
Journal of International Business Policy
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Huang, Yasheng and Heiwai Tang."Are foreign firms favored in China? Firm-level evidence on the collection of value-added taxes." Journal of International Business Policy 1, 1-2 (May 2018): 71–91 © 2018 The Author(s)
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2522-0691
2522-0705

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