Bönke, Timm; Joachimsen, Beate; Schröder, Carsten - 2015
tax revenue before redistribution. Aside from this internalized revenue, referred to as the marginal tax-back rate, the …-exploit their tax bases. By means of a stylized model we show that the member states have an incentive to align the effective tax … rates on their residents with the level of the tax-back rate. We empirically test the model using state-level and micro …