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▼a Ananyev, Maxim. |
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▼a Political Economy of Offshore Finance. |
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▼a [S.l.] :
▼b University of California, Los Angeles.,
▼c 2018 |
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▼a Ann Arbor :
▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
▼c 2018 |
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▼a 156 p. |
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▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A. |
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▼a Adviser: Daniel S. Treisman. |
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▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2018. |
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▼a This dissertation analyzes the patterns of business elites' offshore usage and its impact on domestic politics. I advance two theoretical claims. First, the availability of offshore zones makes autocracies stronger by facilitating patron-client |
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▼a After providing some historical and economic background on the evolution of tax havens, I present a simple theory of patron-client exchange in autocracies that rely on a tax haven as a commitment device for a ruler. I argue that the availability |
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▼a Then, I offer cross-national evidence that speaks to some of my theory's implications. In particular, I use previously untapped country-level data on the size of offshore holdings to test if offshore utilization prevents democratization. I find |
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▼a Then, I move on to explore another important implication of my theory: an exogenous marginal decrease in the safety of offshore assets should trigger an increase in the spoils the ruler shares with the elite. I use recent rounds of international |
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▼a I also discuss corporate tax avoidance through tax havens. In particular, I ask why some firms avoid local taxes by establishing affiliates in tax havens while others do not. I argue that firms that are more vulnerable to political risk are less |
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▼a School code: 0031. |
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▼a Political science. |
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▼a 0615 |
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▼a University of California, Los Angeles.
▼b Political Science 0699. |
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▼t Dissertation Abstracts International
▼g 79-11A(E). |
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▼t Dissertation Abstract International |
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▼a 0031 |
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▼a Ph.D. |
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▼a 2018 |
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▼a English |
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▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T14999218
▼n KERIS |
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▼a 201812
▼f 2019 |
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▼a 관리자 |