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Tax competition and equalization: the impact of voluntary cooperation on the efficiency goal

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Literature has long learned about the welfare improving effect of equalization in tax competition environments. By setting incentives to local authorities, public spending becomes efficient in spite of relying on a mobile resource as the tax base. This paper proves that this result cannot hold when local players have influence on the shape of the transfer system. A bargaining concerning equalization may change the incentives arising from equalization.

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IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers

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Tax competition and equalization: the impact of voluntary cooperation on the efficiency goal