It is the purpose of this paper to show that corporation tax may affect industrial structure. Analyzing the effects of corporation tax, we demonstrate that it tends to favour incumbents over entrants. We further show that the effect of this advantage on an incumbent's output depends on his...

In this paper we show that, in the presence of an investment that provides all firms in an industry with positive externalities, a firm may choose an ‘extreme policy’. Specifically, within the context of a locational game, we show that a firm may make a positive profit by locating outside a...

We would like to thank Gordon Tullock and an anonymous referee of this journal for their helpful comments and suggestions.

This paper provides an explanation for the emergence of political extremism in an environment in which a change in “ré gime” requires an investment that benefits more than one player. We show that in order to mitigate the effects of free riding, players may choose extreme positions....