Fortress Building in Global Tax Competition

Konrad, Kai A. and Schjelderup, Guttorm (1998): Fortress Building in Global Tax Competition. Papers / Norwegian School of Economics and Business Adminstration, 17/98

Abstract

This paper studies whether a group of countries can gain from harmonizing their capital income taxes if the rest of the world does not follow suit. It is shown that cooperation among the subgroup of countries is beneficial if tax rates in the initial fully non-cooperative Nash equilibrium are strategic complements. In this case tax harmonization among a subset of countries is Pareto improving for all countries.

• Item Type: Paper
• Keywords: Taxation; International Economy; International Cooperation
• Faculties: Economics > Chairs > MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• JEL Classification: F42, H20, H21
• Language: English