Unemployment arising from job search and recruiting friction is incorporated in a tax competition model with multiple jurisdictions. Due to the matching externality, for each jurisdiction, the revenue from a job opening does not coincide with its cost. Therefore, capital taxation, which can be...

We consider two models of a system of cities in which landlords have some power in negotiating rental prices at which land is rented to develop cities. Analysis shows that the equilibrium city size is smaller than the optimal city size in a model in which city sizes are controlled by development...