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Unravelling heterogeneities in taxable agglomeration rents: a lens through location elasticity

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  • Jesus Lopez-Rodriguez
  • Brais Pociña-Sanchez

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The approaches used to assess the existence of taxable agglomeration rents (TARs) impose the fact that all jurisdictions face the same TARs elasticity. This paper reassess the TARs phenomenon in Spain, proposing a modification of the workhorse spatial autoregresive model with fixed effects (SAR-FE) which controls for heterogeneities in the effect of agglomeration on business tax rates using functional urban areas. The estimation of the model using a panel of 7141 municipalities from 2009 to 2021 shows that TARs are only confirmed for a small number of urban municipalities. Madrid emerges as a striking result, and we point out a potential explanation by considering who are its competitors.

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  • Jesus Lopez-Rodriguez & Brais Pociña-Sanchez, 2025. "Unravelling heterogeneities in taxable agglomeration rents: a lens through location elasticity," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 2537702-253, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:59:y:2025:i:1:p:2537702
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2537702
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