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Who gains from capital market integration? Tax competition between unionized and non‐unionized countries

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  • Hikaru Ogawa
  • Yasuhiro Sato
  • Toshiki Tamai

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The welfare effects of capital market integration are examined under a model of tax competition with two asymmetric countries. The asymmetry is expressed through the labour market: one country has a perfect labour market whereas the other country's labour market is unionized. Our results indicate that the welfare effects of capital market integration differ depending on whether governments are active or passive in attracting capital. In the absence of active governments, capital market integration benefits the country with a competitive labour market whereas it harms the unionized country. Capital market integration benefits both countries if governments are active and compete for mobile capital using taxes/subsidies. Qui gagne en conséquence de l’intégration du marché du capital : concurrence fiscale entre pays syndiqués et non‐syndiqués. Dans cet article, on y examine les effets de bien‐être associés à l’intégration du marché du capital, en regard d’un modèle de concurrence fiscale entre deux pays asymétriques. L’asymétrie s’exprime dans le marché du travail : un pays a un marché parfait du travail, alors que dans l’autre il y a syndicalisation. Les résultats indiquent que les effets de bien‐être de l’intégration du marché du capital diffèrent selon que les gouvernements sont actifs ou passifs quand il s’agit d’attirer du capital. Quand les gouvernements ne font pas d’efforts actifs pour attirer du capital, l’intégration crée des avantages pour le pays qui a un marché du travail concurrentiel et, inversement, désavantage le pays syndiqué. L’intégration du marché du capital avantage les deux pays si tous deux sont actifs et se concurrencent pour avoir accès au capital mobile en utilisant taxes et subventions.

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  • Hikaru Ogawa & Yasuhiro Sato & Toshiki Tamai, 2016. "Who gains from capital market integration? Tax competition between unionized and non‐unionized countries," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 49(1), pages 76-110, February.
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