Fiscal Competition and the Composition of Public Spending: Theory and Evidence

We consider fiscal competition between jurisdictions. Capital taxes are used to finance a public input and two public goods: one that benefits mobile skilled workers and one that benefits immobile unskilled workers. We derive the jurisdictions' reaction functions for different spending categori...

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Published in:Finanzarchiv 2007-06, Vol.63 (2), p.264-277
Main Authors: Borck, Rainald, Caliendo, Marco, Steiner, Viktor
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Aggregate spending
capital-skill complementarity
Communities
Econometric models
Economic competition
Fiscal policy
Fiscal theory
Germany
Government spending
Income taxes
Jurisdiction
Local finance
Public expenditure
Public finance
Public goods
public spending
Real property taxes
Skilled labor
spatial econometrics
Spatial models
Tax competition
Taxes
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capital-skill complementarity
Communities
Econometric models
Economic competition
Fiscal policy
Fiscal theory
Germany
Government spending
Income taxes
Jurisdiction
Local finance
Public expenditure
Public finance
Public goods
public spending
Real property taxes
Skilled labor
spatial econometrics
Spatial models
Tax competition
Taxes
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