Does tax competition really promote growth?

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This paper considers the relationship between tax competition and growth in an endogenous growth model where there are stochastic shocks to productivity, and capital taxes fund a public good which may be for final consumption or an infrastructure input. Absent stochastic shocks, decentralized tax setting (two or more jurisdictions) maximizes the rate of growth, as the constant returns to scale present with endogenous growth implies “extreme” tax competition. Stochastic shocks imply that households face a portfolio choice problem, which may dampen down tax competition and may raise taxes above the centralized level. Growth can be lower with decentralization. Our results also predict a negative relationship between output volatility and growth, consistent with the empirical evidence.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2102

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession ; Fiscal Policy ; Economic Growth of Open Economies
• Subject: Steuerwettbewerb ; Fiskalische Dezentralisierung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Risiko ; Neue Wachstumstheorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Koethenbuerger, Marko ; Lockwood, Benjamin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26147
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET