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題名 Fiscal centralization versus decentralization: Growth and welfare effects of spillovers, Leviathan taxation, and capital mobility
作者 Chu, Angus C.;Yang, C.C.
楊建成
貢獻者 財政系
關鍵詞 Fiscal decentralization;Spillovers of public goods;Tax competition;Leviathan taxation
日期 2012-03
上傳時間 24-Aug-2015 12:06:15 (UTC+8)
摘要 This paper develops an endogenous growth model with spillovers of public goods, Leviathan taxation, and mobile capital to examine the relative merits of centralized and decentralized fiscal systems for economic growth and social welfare. We show that a decentralized system dominates a centralized system in terms of economic growth; however, the difference in social welfare between a decentralized and a centralized system is non-monotonic and displays a hump-shaped relationship with respect to capital mobility. Since higher capital mobility induces stronger tax competition, this finding implies that there is an optimal degree of tax competition; some tax competition is desirable, but fierce tax competition may be harmful. We also show that there is a critical level of spillovers of public goods above which centralization dominates decentralization in terms of social welfare, as in previous studies; however, if spillovers are below this critical level, capital mobility also matters in the welfare comparison between centralized and decentralized systems.
關聯 Journal of Urban Economics, 71(2), 177-188
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2011.10.003
dc.contributor 財政系
dc.creator (作者) Chu, Angus C.;Yang, C.C.
dc.creator (作者) 楊建成zh_TW
dc.date (日期) 2012-03
dc.date.accessioned 24-Aug-2015 12:06:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 24-Aug-2015 12:06:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 24-Aug-2015 12:06:15 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/77951-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This paper develops an endogenous growth model with spillovers of public goods, Leviathan taxation, and mobile capital to examine the relative merits of centralized and decentralized fiscal systems for economic growth and social welfare. We show that a decentralized system dominates a centralized system in terms of economic growth; however, the difference in social welfare between a decentralized and a centralized system is non-monotonic and displays a hump-shaped relationship with respect to capital mobility. Since higher capital mobility induces stronger tax competition, this finding implies that there is an optimal degree of tax competition; some tax competition is desirable, but fierce tax competition may be harmful. We also show that there is a critical level of spillovers of public goods above which centralization dominates decentralization in terms of social welfare, as in previous studies; however, if spillovers are below this critical level, capital mobility also matters in the welfare comparison between centralized and decentralized systems.
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Urban Economics, 71(2), 177-188
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Fiscal decentralization;Spillovers of public goods;Tax competition;Leviathan taxation
dc.title (題名) Fiscal centralization versus decentralization: Growth and welfare effects of spillovers, Leviathan taxation, and capital mobility
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1016/j.jue.2011.10.003
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2011.10.003