In this paper, we focus on the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in a two-country model of a monetary union. This model has micro foundations in a framework of monopolistic competition and sticky prices. By simulations, we study the combination of optimal policies face to an...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of inter-municipal cooperation on local taxation. Municipalities that join/create an inter-municipal jurisdiction choose between three tax regimes, which may induce both horizontal and vertical tax externalities. Using the differences in...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of inter-municipal cooperation on local taxation. Municipalities that join/create an inter-municipal jurisdiction choose between three tax regimes, which may induce both horizontal and vertical tax externalities. Using the differences in...

The purpose of this paper is to compare different forms of inter-municipal tax cooperation. We use a tax competition model in a two-tier framework, where the two tax bases are interdependently mobile. We consider three different tax regimes: tax-base sharing for the two tax bases, tax...