Tax Competition for Heterogeneous Firms with Endogenous Entry

Davies, Ronald B. and Eckel, Carsten (2010): Tax Competition for Heterogeneous Firms with Endogenous Entry. In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 2, No. 1: pp. 77-102

Abstract

This paper models tax competition for mobile firms that aredifferentiated by their productivities Because taxes affect thedistribution of firms, they affect wages prices, and the number of firmsFrom the social planner’s perspective, optimal taxes efficientlydistribute income between private and public consumption and areharmonized, providing the optimal number of firms This is not a Nashequilibrium As is common in such models equilibrium taxes areinefficiently low Furthermore there is no pure strategy equilibrium withequal taxes resulting in too many firms This illustrates a newdistortion from tax competition and a new benefit from harmonization

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Economics; Economics > Chairs > Seminar for International Trade Theory and Trade Policy
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• Language: English