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Capital mobility ? a resource curse or blessing? How, when, for whom?

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  • Hikaru Ogawa

    (Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya University (Japan))

  • Jun Oshiro

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Japan))

  • Yasuhiro Sato

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Japan))

Abstract

This paper investigates which of the two countries \resource-rich or resourcepoor \ gains from capital market integration and capital tax competition. We develop a framework involving vertical linkages via resource-based inputs as well as international fiscal linkages between resource-rich and resource-poor countries. Our analysis shows that capital market integration causes capital flows from resourcepoor countries to resource-rich countries and thus improves production efficiency and global welfare. However, such gains accrue only to resource-poor countries, and capital mobility might even hurt resource-rich countries. In response to capital flows, the governments of both resource-rich and resource-poor countries have an incentive to tax capital. Such taxations would enable resource-rich countries to exploit their efficiency gains through capital market integration and become winners in the tax game.

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  • Hikaru Ogawa & Jun Oshiro & Yasuhiro Sato, 2012. "Capital mobility ? a resource curse or blessing? How, when, for whom?," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 12-05, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:osk:wpaper:1205
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    Keywords

    capital market integration; natural resource; resource curse; tax competition;
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    JEL classification:

    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism

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