It would though.. a companies headquarters and all their expensive execs would much rather set up somewhere with low taxes.I mean the answer to that question is pretty obvious, the US has the market to fertilise much larger companies and anything profitable Canadian inevitably gets swallowed up (I still sometimes pine over the death of Hostess chips). A different tax scheme wouldn't do anything to change that.
Doesn't U-Haul work out of Arizona because of taxes and fees? Pretty sure all uhauls have Arizona plates. They do this because it's beneficial to them.
Not disputing that populations don't play a part. dollar value plays a part too.