Tax Competition, Investment Irreversibility and the Provision of Public Goods

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Michele Moretto

University of Padua, Dep of Economics and Management

Paolo M. Panteghini

Università degli studi di Brescia; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

Sergio Vergalli

University of Brescia - Department of Economics; Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milan

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Date Written: May 31, 2013

Abstract

This article studies the effects of tax competition on the provision of public goods under business risk and partial irreversibility of investment. As will be shown, the provision of public goods changes over time and also depends on the business cycle. In particular, under source-based taxation, public goods can be optimally provided during a downturn, in the short term. The converse is true during a recovery, when they are underprovided. In the long term however, tax competition does not affect capital accumulation and therefore, the provision of public goods.

Keywords: irreversibility, risk, short- and long-term effects, tax competition

JEL Classification: H25, H32

Suggested Citation

Moretto, Michele and Panteghini, Paolo M. and Vergalli, Sergio, Tax Competition, Investment Irreversibility and the Provision of Public Goods (May 31, 2013). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4256, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2277415 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2277415

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