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1001 ▼a Ananyev, Maxim.
24510 ▼a Political Economy of Offshore Finance.
260 ▼a [S.l.] : ▼b University of California, Los Angeles., ▼c 2018
260 1 ▼a Ann Arbor : ▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, ▼c 2018
300 ▼a 156 p.
500 ▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
500 ▼a Adviser: Daniel S. Treisman.
5021 ▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2018.
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
590 ▼a School code: 0031.
650 4 ▼a Political science.
690 ▼a 0615
71020 ▼a University of California, Los Angeles. ▼b Political Science 0699.
7730 ▼t Dissertation Abstracts International ▼g 79-11A(E).
773 ▼t Dissertation Abstract International
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791 ▼a Ph.D.
792 ▼a 2018
793 ▼a English
85640 ▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T14999218 ▼n KERIS
980 ▼a 201812 ▼f 2019
990 ▼a 관리자