Governments of EU Member States have been reducing statutory corporate income tax rates (“CIT”) for several years. What … encourages them to take part in tax competition? The article discusses several issues which are in favor of lower CIT rates. They … one of a number of reasons for CIT rate depression. Tax competition is fueled by the various sizes of the economies of EU …

We utilize the recently updated UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset, which covers key indicators on tax and non-tax … revenues for 196 countries since the 1980s, to study the dynamics of government revenue tax collection across selected periods …, intensity, and continuity of trends in total tax and total revenue collection, with implications for aid, fiscal policy, and …