Even small trade costs restore efficiency in tax competition

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Urban Economics
Year: 2012
Volume: 72
Issue: 2
Pages: 191-195

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We introduce transport cost of trade in products into the classical Zodrow and Mieszkowski (1986) model of capital tax competition. It turns out that even small levels of transport cost lead to a complete breakdown of the seminal result, the underprovision of public goods. Instead, there is a symmetric equilibrium with efficient public goods provision in all jurisdictions.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:juecon:v:72:y:2012:i:2:p:191-195
Journal Field
Urban
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24