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Tax Reform, Delocation, and Heterogeneous Firms *

Tax Reform, Delocation, and Heterogeneous Firms * The standard international tax model is extended to allow for heterogeneous firms when agglomeration forces are important, enabling us to study the relocation effects of taxes that vary according to firm size. We show that allowing for heterogeneity permits a given tax scheme to have an endogenously different effect on the location decision of small and big firms, with the biggest firms being endogenously more likely to relocate in reaction to high taxes. We show that a reform that flattens the tax–firm–size profile can raise tax revenue without inducing any relocation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Wiley

Tax Reform, Delocation, and Heterogeneous Firms *

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© The editors of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2009
ISSN
0347-0520
eISSN
1467-9442
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01582.x
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Abstract

The standard international tax model is extended to allow for heterogeneous firms when agglomeration forces are important, enabling us to study the relocation effects of taxes that vary according to firm size. We show that allowing for heterogeneity permits a given tax scheme to have an endogenously different effect on the location decision of small and big firms, with the biggest firms being endogenously more likely to relocate in reaction to high taxes. We show that a reform that flattens the tax–firm–size profile can raise tax revenue without inducing any relocation.

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The Scandinavian Journal of EconomicsWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2009

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