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- Title
The impact of FDI income on income shares in home countries.
- Authors
Joyce, Joseph P.
- Abstract
Income generated by foreign direct investments (FDI) has grown since the 1990s, and now represents a substantial portion of many countries' current accounts. Some of these flows are routed through Special Purpose Entities in financial centers that multinational firms use to minimize their tax liabilities. We use IMF and OECD data to evaluate the impact of this income on the income share of the top 1% of households in the multinationals' home countries. We distinguish between FDI equity income and FDI interest income arising from intra-firm lending. We also consider separately the effects in advanced economies from those in financial centers. FDI equity income contributes to the income share of the top 1% of households in advanced economies, while FDI interest income has no impact in these economies. Similar results for these countries are recorded when we use the OECD non-SPE data. As a result, total FDI income reinforces the income share of the top 1% of households in these countries. While there is some evidence of a similar impact by FDI equity income on the top 1% of households in the financial centers, this result is not apparent when non-SPE income data are used.
- Subjects
INCOME; SHARED housing; SPECIAL purpose entities (Corporations); FOREIGN investments; INTEREST income
- Publication
Journal of Economic Inequality, 2024, Vol 22, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
1569-1721
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10888-023-09592-8