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Models of tax competition usually assume a single period framework. This paper sets up a repeated interactions model of tax competition, and establishes conditions under which fiscal policy harmonization can result from repeated interaction between governments. It is shown that fiscal policy...
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: under the small country hypothesis, there is no redistribution in equilibrium if workers' migration decisions are taken with … redistributive policy is dependant not only on the relative size of the economies but also on the timing of the migration process …
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The extent of taxation and redistribution policy is generally determined as a political-economy equilibrium by a … balance between those who gain from higher taxes/transfers and those who lose. In a stylized model of migration and human … burden and less redistribution than would be the case with no immigration, even though migrants (naturally) join the pro …
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This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing in Mali (by 2.4 percentage points) and Niger (2.5 percentage points). This is a result of primarily two factors: indirect taxes (value-added taxes and import duties) and direct...
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Tanzania is currently implementing a local government reform aimed at improving public service delivery. An important component of the reform is to increase the fiscal autonomy of local authorities. This policy is encouraged and partly initiated by the donor community. The purpose of this...
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This is the first of two papers on issues of federal-state finance and intergovernmental transfers in Malaysia. In this paper we outline what we see as the major issues, discuss the theory of the assignment of tax and expenditure powers and the resulting need for intergovernmental transfers, and...
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This paper proposes a general framework for analyzing commodity tax competition under destination and origin principles, based on three possible tax spillovers, the consumer price spillover, the producer price/terms of trade spillover, and rent spillovers. A model is presented which can be...
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This is the first of two papers on issues of federal-state finance and intergovernmental transfers in Malaysia. In this paper we outline what we see as the major issues, discuss the theory of the assignment of tax and expenditure powers and the resulting need for intergovernmental transfers, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005646900
In a recent review article Jonas Agell, Thomas Lindh and Henry Ohlsson (1997) claim that theoretical and empirical evidence does not allow any conclusion on whether there is a relationship between the rate of economic growth and the size of the public sector. They illustrate their conclusion...
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In the UK, the Government intends to introduce new transfer pricing rules and include them within the self-assessment tax system. Prior to that, thegovernment intends to publish draft legislation for consultation "to ensure that the new provisions are clear, complience costs are kept to the...
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