The paper analyses the nature and extent of the offshore world, a grey area that is playing a major role in present-day economy. The main institutions moulding this peculiar environment are discussed: preferential tax regimes, tax havens and offshore financial centres. After outlining their role in the globalised world we present a tentative reconstruction of its geographical organization. Finally, there is a synthesis of the international reactions to the harms developed in the offshore world before and after the collapse of financial markets in 2007-2008.

Offshoring and financial Markets

BATTISTI, GIANFRANCO
2014-01-01

Abstract

The paper analyses the nature and extent of the offshore world, a grey area that is playing a major role in present-day economy. The main institutions moulding this peculiar environment are discussed: preferential tax regimes, tax havens and offshore financial centres. After outlining their role in the globalised world we present a tentative reconstruction of its geographical organization. Finally, there is a synthesis of the international reactions to the harms developed in the offshore world before and after the collapse of financial markets in 2007-2008.
2014
http://www.economyofregion.com/archive/2014/49/2296/
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