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Regional Tax Coordination and Foreign Direct Investment

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  • Andreas Haufler
  • Ian Wooton

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The paper analyzes the effects of a regionally coordinated profit tax in a model with three active countries, one of which is not part of the union, and a globally mobile firm. We show that regional tax coordination can lead to two types of welfare gains. First, for investments that would take place in the region in the absence of coordination, this measure can transfer location rents from the firm to the union. Second, by internalizing all of the union's benefits from foreign direct investment, a coordinated policy attracts more investment than when member states act in isolation. Consequently, tax levels may rise or fall under regional coordination.

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  • Andreas Haufler & Ian Wooton, 2001. "Regional Tax Coordination and Foreign Direct Investment," Working Papers 2001_11, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.
    • Handle: RePEc:gla:glaewp:2001_11
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    tax competition; regional coordination; international investment;
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    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects

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