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Title: | Empirical evidence on horizontal competition in tax enforcement [WP-IEB] |
Author: | Durán Cabré, José María Esteller Moré, Alejandro Salvadori, Luca |
Keywords: | Política fiscal Impostos Reforma fiscal Fiscal policy Taxation Tax reform |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB12/05] |
Abstract: | Tax auditing parameters have been largely overlooked by the literature as policy-making instruments of any relevance; however, enforcement strategies are critical elements of the tax burden. In this paper we show that, in a federal framework, tax auditin policies can serve as additional tools for regional interaction. We examine the presence of this interaction by adopting a spatial econometric approach. We employ a time-space recursive model that accounts for sluggish adjustment in auditing policies and obtain results that are congruent with standard theory, corroborating the presence of horizontal competition between regions in their tax auditing policies. We also find that once regional governments acquire legal power, the opaque competition in enforcement policies disappears apparently switching to a more transparent competition in statutory tax parameters. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2012/05 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/116306 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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