Gegenstand dieser Studie ist ein Vergleich und eine Bewertung von Methoden zur Messung der Produktivität des staatlichen Leistungsangebotes, also von Leistungen die nicht über einen Markt bereitgestellt werden. Die Produktivität gibt das Verhältnis der Ausbringungsmenge (Output) zur Menge...

Zentraler Gegenstand der Reformdiskussion ist die gemeindliche Steuerautonomie, die gegenwärtig vor allem durch die Wahl des Hebesatzes bei der Gewerbesteuer ausgeübt wird. Trotz aller Kritik halten die Gemeinden an der Gewerbesteuer fest. Wie der Vortrag zeigt, ist dies letztlich durch den...

A theoretical model describes the local choice of the tax rate on capital income. It establishes preferences and various fiscal conditions - including the tax rates of competing jurisdictions - as determinants of the tax rate. The empirical implications are tested using a large panel of...

In a theoretical model local jurisdictions provide a public input an d a public consumption good financed by a tax on capital income. When deciding about tax rate and budget structure the jurisdictions will generally respond to each others fiscal choices irrespective of whether the policy is...

This paper considers the welfare implications of a tax on real estate transfers. A theoretical analysis shows how the discouragement of mutually beneficial transactions as well as tax-sheltering activities give rise to a welfare loss that can be estimated comprehensively from the empirical...

This paper explores the effects of fiscal competition on local land use. A theoretical analysis considers the tradeoff faced by a local government deciding about the amount of land made available for commercial or residential uses, when its expansion has adverse effects on the quality of life....

This paper is concerned with fiscal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more 1100 local jurisdictions it provides empirical evidence on how the local tax rate as well as the tax rate in the neighborhood affect the local tax base. The results support the...

Local productivity externalities play an important role in the recent literature on economic geography and regional growth. But apart from case studies there is only weak empirical evidence. Using a simple theoretic framework the paper derives two empirical implications of those externalities...