Does tax competition drive cooperation in local economic development policies? Evidence on inter-local business parks in Germany

An increasing number of municipalities cooperates in the field of economic development. In this paper, we focus on a specific instrument in this field, namely the development of joint business parks. We apply a hazard model to data from West-German municipalities between 2000 and 2015. We find inter...

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發表在:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 06-2019)
Autoren: Bischoff, Ivo, Melch, Simon, Wolfschütz, Eva
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語言:英语
出版: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2019
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總結:An increasing number of municipalities cooperates in the field of economic development. In this paper, we focus on a specific instrument in this field, namely the development of joint business parks. We apply a hazard model to data from West-German municipalities between 2000 and 2015. We find inter-local business parks to be more frequent among small municipal-ities and in constellations where suitable land is scarce. Our main focus rests on the role of tax competition. An analogy building on the literature on international tax coordination supports the hypothesis that inter-local business parks are more likely in regions where tax competition is intense. The evidence is affirmative: We find that the likelihood of inter-local business park formation to increase in the intensity of local tax competition.
實物描述:35 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0601