This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal equalization on asymmetric tax competition when positive agglomeration externalities are present. It shows that equalization of standardized tax revenue improves the spatial allocation of capital provided that agglomeration externalities are sufficiently...

The paper derives a normative model for partial fiscal equalisation based on a number of axioms and makes special allowance for the existence of a specific fiscal need in the jurisdictions. A simple version of this idealised equalisation scheme relates net contributions to the equalisation funds...

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal equalization on asymmetric tax competition when positive agglomeration externalities are present. It shows that equalization of standardized tax revenue improves the spatial allocation of capital provided that agglomeration externalities are sufficiently...

Die Regional-, Struktur- und Kohäsionspolitik dient der Umverteilung von Ressourcen zwischen Regionen und Ländern. Die Europäische Union unterstützt dabei mit gebundenen Zuweisungen regionale (öffentliche) Infrastrukturinvestitionen. Dieser Beitrag geht der Frage nach, warum zur...