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  • Paul Heidhues

    () (University of Bonn and CEPR)

  • Nicolas Melissas

    () (Centro de Investigacion Economica (CIE), Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM))

Abstract

We study a two-player dynamic investment model with information externalities and provide necessary and sufficient conditions for a unique switching equilibrium. When the public information is sufficiently high and a social planer therefore expects an investment boom, investments should be taxed. Conversely, any positive investment tax is suboptimally high if the public information is sufficiently unfavorable. We also show that an investment tax may increase overall investment activity.

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Paper provided by Centro de Investigacion Economica, ITAM in its series Working Papers with number 1002.

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Length: 46 pages
Date of creation: 2010
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Handle: RePEc:cie:wpaper:1002

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Keywords: Information Externality; Strategic Waiting; Delay; Information Cascade; Investment Boom; Optimal Taxation;

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