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In this paper, we analyse the role of mobility in tax and subsidy competition. Our primary result is that increasing … mobility intensifies tax competition, it weakens subsidy competition. The resulting fall in the governments' subsidy payments … in which two governments are first engaged in subsidy competition and thereafter in tax competition, and firms locate and …
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In der heutigen Wissens- und Informationsgesellschaft sind Innovationen elementar für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung. Jedoch kann die privatwirtschaftliche Innovationstätigkeit aufgrund des Vorliegens von Marktunvollkommenheiten aus gesamtgesellschaftlicher Sicht zu gering ausfallen. Dies...
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Public procurement offers sizable market opportunities for young firms. We investigate the firm- and founder-level characteristics determining young firms' decision to apply for public tenders, as well as the procurers' selection of an awardee. We distinguish between observable and unobservable...
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Governments purchase everything from airplanes to zucchini. This paper investigates whether the technological intensity of government demand affects corporate R&Dactivities. In a quality-ladder model of endogenous growth, we show that an increase in the share of government purchases in high-tech...
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subsidies in the period 2000 to 2004 are presented. The results are compared to the data in the official "subsidy reports" of …
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Während der Corona-Krise tätigte der Staat hohe Ausgaben, die die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung stabilisieren sollten. Langfristig dienen Subventionen eher dazu, Unternehmen bei der Sicherung ihrer Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu unterstützen, Forschung und Investitionen zu erhöhen und damit auch den...
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Bei der Auslagerung staatlicher Tätigkeiten auf private Partner kommt es für den Bereich personalintensiver Dienstleistungen durch die anfallende deutsche Umsatzsteuer zu einer zusätzlichen Kostenbelastung, die die Hoheitsträger bisher oft von Outsourcing abhält. Für den Bereich der...
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Field-experimental studies have shown that people litter more in more littered environments.Inspired by these findings, many cities around the world have adopted policies to quickly remove litter. While such policies may avoid that people follow the bad example of litterers,they may also invite...
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This paper investigates the choice of apportionment factors under a corporate tax system of Formula Apportionment. In contrast to perceived wisdom, we show that the apportionment formula contains both mobile (capital) and immobile (labor) factors if jurisdictions are granted full fiscal autonomy...
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Acting in the interest of their residents, within limits imposed by Federal statute and by the Constitution, states have incentives to impose taxes on the profits of corporations owned by nonresidents. This paper presents a model within which a state, using an apportionment formula that includes...
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