Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19120 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1656
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of redistributive grants among governments is introduced into a standard model of tax competition. This basic model is then extended in order to allow for variations in the government objectives at the state level. A subsequent empirical analysis of local tax policy exploits the experience with local fiscal revenue sharing in Germany. The results suggest that attempts of state level governments to extract fiscal resources from the local revenue sharing system exert an upward pressure on tax rates.
Subjects: 
fiscal equalization
tax competition
fiscal federalism
Germany
JEL: 
H71
H77
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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