Why hasn't tax competition triggered a race to the bottom? Some quantitative lessons from the EU

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-204

  Mendoza, Enrique G ^a,b   Tesar, Linda L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Nash equilibrium; Race to the bottom; Tax competition; Tax harmonization

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144249150     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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