Agglomeration, tax competition, and fiscal equalization
Agglomeration, tax competition, and fiscal equalization
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集聚、税收竞争和财政均等化
DOI:
10.1007/s10797-013-9295-7
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发表时间:
2008
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1
通讯作者:
M. Wrede
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作者:
M. Wrede
This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal equalization on asymmetric tax competition when positive agglomeration externalities are present. It uses a model focusing on the strategic reason for capital taxes to demonstrate that per capita fiscal capacity equalization improves the spatial allocation of capital provided a sufficiently rich (marginally) larger region and sufficiently strong agglomeration externalities. If tax revenue is used to finance public goods, per capita fiscal capacity equalization generally cannot simultaneously eliminate public good inefficiency and spatial inefficiency. However, the achievement of full efficiency for ex ante identical regions requires excessive (full) equalization in the presence (absence) of agglomeration externalities.
DOI:
10.1017/cbo9780511805660
发表时间:
2002-05
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作者:
Masahisa Fujita;Jacques-François Thisse
通讯作者:
Masahisa Fujita;Jacques-François Thisse