Download or read book Offshore Finance and Small States written by W. Vlcek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One path towards development taken by a number of small jurisdictions is the establishment of an offshore financial centre. This text analyses the actual economic contribution for several small Caribbean economies and the impact to continued operation arising from an international initiative for the exchange of taxpayer information.