<p>The decision by Shire plc this week to relocate its holding company to Ireland for tax reasons has reignited concerns that UK corporation tax deters companies from locating here. </p><p>Two papers on this issue, commissioned by the European Tax Policy Forum from researchers at the Centre for Business Taxation at Oxford University, will be published at a conference of the European Tax Policy Forum and the Institute for Fiscal Studies on Monday 21 April. </p><p></p>
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Research Associate University of Oxford and Oxford Centre for Business Taxation
Michael joined the IFS in 1982 and he has been a Research Fellow since 1990 and a Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford.
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