Arbeitspapier

Economic integration and the optimal corporate tax structure with heterogeneous firms

We study the optimal combination of corporate tax rate and tax base in a model of a small open economy with heterogeneous firms. We show that it is optimal for the small country's government to effectively subsidize capital inputs by granting a tax allowance in excess of the true costs of capital. Economic integration reduces the optimal capital subsidy and drives low-productivity firms from the small country's home market, replacing them with high-productivity exporters from abroad. This endogenous policy response creates a selection effect that increases the average productivity of home firms when trade barriers fall, in addition to the well-known direct effects.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 3566

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
Economic Integration
Thema
corporate tax reform
trade liberalization
firm heterogeneity
Unternehmensbesteuerung
Steuerbemessung
Optimale Besteuerung
Kleines-offenes-Land
Außenhandelsliberalisierung
Wirtschaftsintegration
Produktivität
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bauer, Christian
Davies, Ronald B.
Haufler, Andreas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2011

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bauer, Christian
  • Davies, Ronald B.
  • Haufler, Andreas
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2011

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