Tax Reform, Delocation, and Heterogeneous Firms

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2009
Volume: 111
Issue: 4
Pages: 741-764

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Abstract

The standard international tax model is extended to allow for heterogeneous firms when agglomeration forces are important, enabling us to study the relocation effects of taxes that vary according to firm size. We show that allowing for heterogeneity permits a given tax scheme to have an endogenously different effect on the location decision of small and big firms, with the biggest firms being endogenously more likely to relocate in reaction to high taxes. We show that a reform that flattens the tax–firm–size profile can raise tax revenue without inducing any relocation.

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RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:111:y:2009:i:4:p:741-764
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-24