Dynamic inconsistency and non-preferential taxation of foreign capital

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2014
Volume: 124
Issue: 1
Pages: 88-92

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

When capital is sunk after it is invested, a host government facing heterogeneous foreign investors has a strong incentive to reduce preferential taxes over time in order to attract less eager investors while fully expropriating past investors. This induces investors to wait rather than invest in the initial period, and leads to loss of tax revenue. This dynamic inconsistency problem is resolved if the host government commits to non-preferential taxation in each period even if it does not commit to future tax rates.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:124:y:2014:i:1:p:88-92
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25