possible tax changes by devolved governments. We estimate and aggregate migration responses to existing tax differentials … changed by implementing different tax rates, given the migration responses estimated. The model is used to assess the fiscal …

partially mobile across the member states of the state union, which gives rise to distortive migration incentives. If …. The central government generally cannot provide full unemployment insurance as long as migration is costly. In contrast …

partially mobile across the member states of the state union, which gives rise to distortive migration incentives. If …. The central government generally cannot provide the second-best unemployment insurance as long as migration is costly. In …

mobility, this opposing migration effect completely outweighs the pooling effect, and the insurance is no longer inefficient …

. Therefore the migration volumes under the policycompetition regime exceed those under the policy-coordination regime. With loose … amounts to excessively high income redistribution - a negative fiscal externality. …

In this paper we employ a tax-competition model to demonstrate that in the presence of migration the re …-distributive advantage of a non-linear income tax system over a linear (flat) one is significantly mitigated relative to the autarky (no-migration …) equilibrium. When migration threats are sufficiently strong, a coordinated shift from a non-linear (prima-facie superior) system …

redistribution. -- flat tax ; re-distribution ; migration ; tax-competition …In this paper we employ a tax-competition model to demonstrate that in the presence of migration the re …-distributive advantage of a non-linear income tax system over a linear (flat) one is significantly mitigated relative to the autarky (no-migration …

redistributive taxation. In a formal model of redistribution with international migration and fiscal competition we derive the main …. In this paper, we analyze the implications of such a patriotic lock-in in a world with international migration and …