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this pattern and tests them in a natural experiment from Germany. The first hypothesis is that fiscal redistribution … the perspective of local governments; the second is that a desire for redistribution within jurisdictions induces a shift … taxation serves as a Pigouvian intervention to correct externalities. The empirical analysis supports redistribution between …
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This paper develops a model of Tiebout sorting with decentrally determined progressive income taxation and a built-in fiscal equalization scheme that redistributes money from richer to poorer regions. Both aspects are central to policy makers: the progressivity for equity reasons and the fiscal...
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The paper considers governments' public procurement decision as a way of influencing industry structure. In a federation in which capital is mobile and capital taxation is harmonized, a home bias in public procurement can potentially be explained as an effort to increase the capital intensity of...
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Although regional resources have been shown to influence secessionist conflicts in developing countries, their effect in established democracies has largely been neglected. We integrate regional resource value and inter-regional transfers in a model on the optimal size of nations, and show that...
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