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Strategies Of International Fiscal Competition For Foreign Direct Investment In A Model With Impure Public Inputs

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This paper concentrates on international fiscal competition for internationally mobile direct investment. We differentiate between multinational enterprises whose direct investments are internationally mobile and domestic enterprises whose investment activities are limited to their country of residence. In a model with impure public inputs we analyse strategies of tax competition and examine the effects of competition by government expenditures for public inputs under the assumption that preferences for public inputs are different for each type of firms.

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  • Christoph Sauer & Margit Schratzenstaller, 2002. "Strategies Of International Fiscal Competition For Foreign Direct Investment In A Model With Impure Public Inputs," Departmental Discussion Papers 115, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    public inputs; public expenditures; congestion; capital taxation; tax competition; fiscal competition; foreign direct investment; multinational enterprises;
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    JEL classification:

    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H32 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Firm
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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