“…As OFCs tend to levy low taxes on corporations and host relatively minor or inconsequential product markets, they are believed to be primarily performing tax minimization tasks for the corporate sector. Much of the recent research seems to validate this assumption (Alstadsæter et al, 2018; Clark et al, 2015; Clausing, 2016; Cobham and Janský, 2018; Dowd et al, 2017; Garcia-Bernardo et al, 2017; Gordon, 2016; Gumpert et al, 2016; Hines and Rice, 1994; Kaye, 2014; Phillips et al, 2017; Zucman, 2015). OFCs are considered niche players in the global economy, exploiting their size and the right to write laws in their developmental strategies (Roberts, 1995).…”