Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of...

Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of...

Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde von Christian Kelders in der Zeit seiner Tätigkeit als Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeit des Center for Economic Studies (CES) erstellt und im September 2005 abgeschlossen. Gegenstand der Arbeit sind die Besteuerungsanreize im System der deutschen Kommunalfinanzen....

In this paper the role of information asymmetries between regions and a centralized authority is analyzed. In a model with inter-regional externalities due to capital mobility and a source-based tax instrument, we first derive conditions for which the optimum can be implemented by an adequately...