Intra-Jurisdictional Tax Competition

16 Pages Posted: 4 Apr 2003

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Jonathan Klick

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Erasmus School of Law; PERC - Property and Environment Research Center

Francesco Parisi

University of Minnesota - Law School; University of Bologna

Abstract

While much has been written about inter-jurisdictional competition for tax revenues, especially concerning the choice between harmonization and competition, the literature has largely ignored intra-jurisdiction issues. The few articles examining this issue focus on how lower level governmental entities react to the tax decisions of a national government. However, in some instances, multiple co-equal taxing authorities might share the same base. These bodies face a dilemma over whether to harmonize their policies or to compete. We present a simple model of revenue maximizing tax authorities and derive the conditions under which harmonization dominates competition.

Keywords: Tax, Federalism, Harmonization, Rent-Seeking, Commons

JEL Classification: H20, H77

Suggested Citation

Klick, Jonathan and Parisi, Francesco, Intra-Jurisdictional Tax Competition. Constitutional Political Economy, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 387-395, December 2005, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 03-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=392820 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.392820

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