various reasons for local government policy interactions, including fiscal competition, bidding for firms, yardstick … competition, expenditure spillovers, and Tiebout sorting. We discuss theoretically what parameters should be estimated to … determine the reason for competition among local governments. We emphasize how the policy outcomes emerging from this …

countries within a region in a context of imperfect competition, where transport infrastructure investments play the role of a … are derived from the model. In particular, transport infrastructure investments can intensify fiscal competition between …

, and poor, capital-scarce and low productivity countries. We address two main issues: the efficiency of tax competition and … efficiency of tax competition. We also demonstrate how capital mobility within the union strengthens the competition over …