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Locational efficiency in a federal system without land rent taxation

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  • Robert Philipowski

    (Universität Bonn)

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We show that in a federal state with mobile population labor and capital income taxes do not suffice to achieve efficiency in general, but that they do suffice if the federation consists of just two types of regions. In the general case we study the resulting second-best problem and find that in the second-best optimum the level of public good provision is efficient, but neither capital nor labor is allocated efficiently.

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  • Robert Philipowski, 2017. "Locational efficiency in a federal system without land rent taxation," Review of Regional Research: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, Springer;Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR), vol. 37(1), pages 91-102, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jahrfr:v:37:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s10037-016-0109-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10037-016-0109-0
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    Keywords

    Federalism; Mobile population; Locational efficiency;
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    JEL classification:

    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue

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