[eng] Tax Competition and Tax On Firm Profits : Theory and Practice.. This paper begins by reviewing the principal results relating to optimal taxation of corporate income and distortions arising from corporate income tax in an open economy. Emphasis is placed on the most recent theoretical...

We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...

Dans cet article, nous dérivons de façon endogène le phénomène de contrainte budgétaire molle dans le cadre d’une fédération lorsque les décisions budgétaires sont prises au niveau décentralisé. Dans ce modèle, la mollesse de la contrainte budgétaire régionale découle de...

Les efforts de convergence nominale réalisés, pendant plusieurs années, en vue du passage à la monnaie unique, ont longtemps fait de la réduction des déficits budgétaires et de la maîtrise de l’endettement public les préoccupations quasi obsessionnelles des gouvernements européens....

Fiscal competition between governments to attract investment can take the form of business tax rebates, productivity-enhancing public infrastructure, tax holidays, accelerated depreciation allowances or loss carry-forward for income tax purposes. This paper surveys the recent theoretical and...

In this paper the authors argue that the contemporary tensions between patents and competition no longer reside in the traditional trade-off between the exclusionary right given to an inventor to encourage innovation, and the welfare loss induced by the market power associated to this right....

We examine the effects of tax base sharing on the growth path of an economy in which central and regional governments provide heterogeneous educational services (general and specific training) which increase capital productivity. Our focus is the non co-operative game between two overlapping...