Tax Competition When Governments Lack Commitment: Excess Capacity as a Countervailing Threat
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- H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
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