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Merger policy and tax competition
Haufler, Andreas; Schulte, Christian - 2007
In many situations governments have sector-specific tax and regulation policies at their disposal to influence the market outcome after a national or an international merger has taken place. In this paper we study the implications for merger policy when countries non-cooperatively deploy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264257
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Merger Policy and Tax Competition
Haufler, Andreas; Schulte, Christian - 2021
In many situations governments have sector-specific tax and regulation policies at their disposal to influence the market outcome after a national or an international merger has taken place. In this paper we study the implications for merger policy when countries non-cooperatively deploy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316665
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Mobile Tax Base as a Global Common
Konrad, Kai A. - 2021
If countries anticipate Bertrand competition in tax rates, they may expend effort that makes some of their tax payers less mobile or increases the mobility of tax payers elsewhere. I provide piecemeal evidence on what activities countries use. I analyse how such activities interact with Bertrand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316737
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Effects of unilateral climate policy on terms of trade, capital accumulation, and welfare in a world economy
Farmer, Karl; Friedl, Birgit; Rainer, Andreas - 2008
-reducing country. The net welfare effect of improving terms of trade and falling capital stocks is negative in both countries. However …, if the country which unilaterally reduces her emission permits is a net creditor to the world economy, her own welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264419
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Internationally coordinated emission permit policies : an option for withdrawers from the Kyoto protocol?
Bednar-Friedl, Birgit; Farmer, Karl - 2009
This paper investigates the welfare costs of unilateral versus internationally coordinated emission permit policies in … country, the domestic welfare costs of a unilateral domestic permit policy are larger than of an internationally coordinated … the post-Kyoto era since bearing the costs of foreign actionism is cheaper, in terms of welfare, than agreeing on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266024
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Mobile tax base as a global common
Konrad, Kai A. - 2007
If countries anticipate Bertrand competition in tax rates, they may expend effort that makes some of their tax payers less mobile or increases the mobility of tax payers elsewhere. I provide piecemeal evidence on what activities countries use. I analyse how such activities interact with Bertrand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264247
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Macroeconomic effects of social security privatization in a small unionized economy
Adam, Antonis - 2004
welfare of all future generations, the reduction in the welfare of the elderly due to reduced pension benefits may be greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261116
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In praise of tax havens: international tax planning and foreign direct investment
Hong, Qing; Smart, Michael - 2007
capital and so facilitate investment. Both the welfare effects of and the optimal response to international tax planning are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264087
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Competition for firms in an oligopolistic industry: do firms or countries have to pay?
Haufler, Andreas; Wooton, Ian - 2007
even further. A range of trade costs is identified where economic integration raises the welfare of the small country, but … lowers welfare in the large country. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264114
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Intra-regional tax competition and economic geography
Hühnerbein, Ossip; Seidel, Tobias - 2007
the mobile factor. We find that intra-regional tax competition is detrimental from a welfare perspective and that tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264222