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Dehejia, V. H., & Genschel, P. (1998). Tax Competition in the European Union. MPIfG Discussion Paper, 98/3.

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New source: Dehejia, Vivek H., & Genschel, Philipp (1999). Tax Competition in the European Union. Politics and Society, 27(3), 403-430.
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Dehejia, Vivek H., Author
Genschel, Philipp1, Author           
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1Problemlösungsfähigkeit der Mehrebenenpolitik in Europa, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214552              

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 Abstract: Tax competition poses two problems for international cooperation: defection and distributive conflict. Multilateral cooperation to stop tax competition may fail because states face incentives to renege on their promises or because they face adverse distributional consequences, either of which makes cooperation an unattractive option for them. Conventional wisdom in international relations concentrates on the first problem, highlighting that the problem of tax competition resembles a Prisoner's dilemma. We argue instead that it is the peculiar distributional consequences of tax competition which explain why all attempts to regulate it cooperatively have failed. Combining theoretical analysis with empirical research on the European Union's unsuccessful record of tax cooperation, we show how distributive, "within-group" conflict amongst potential cooperators interacts with the constraints imposed by a non-cooperating "outside world" to make multilateral tax cooperation an especially elusive goal for international collaboration.
 Abstract: Der Steuerwettbewerb stellt die internationale Kooperation vor ein Defektions- und ein Verteilungsproblem. Die Kooperation kann scheitern, weil Kooperationszusagen opportunistisch ausgebeutet werden oder weil Verteilungskonflikte verhindern, daß es überhaupt zu solchen Zusagen kommt. Die bisherige Literatur hat sich fast ausschließlich auf das erste Problem konzentriert. Sie zeigt, daß der Steuerwettbewerb die Struktur eines Gefangenendilemmas hat und erklärt dadurch das regelmäßige Scheitern von Kooperationsversuchen. Wir argumentieren dagegen, daß dieses Scheitern in erster Linie auf Verteilungsprobleme zurückzuführen ist. Modelltheoretische Überlegungen und empirische Befunde aus dem europäischen Binnenmarkt zeigen, wie Verteilungskonflikte sowohl zwischen den potentiellen Kooperationspartnern als auch zwischen diesen und dritten Staaten den Steuerwettbewerb zu einem schwer lösbaren Kooperationsproblem werden lassen.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 1998-03
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 40
 Publishing info: Köln : Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung
 Table of Contents: 1 Tax Competition and Economic Integration
2 Why Is International Cooperation to Stop Tax Competition So Difficult?
3 A Model of Tax Competition
3.1 Building Blocks
3.2 Exercising the Model
3.3 Two Hunches about Tax Competition
4 Empirical Evidence
4.1 The Agonies of Withholding-Tax Harmonization in the EC
4.2 Explaining the Failure
4.3 The "Close to Equilibrium" Hunch
4.4 The "Small Is Competitive" Hunch
5 The Outside World Constraint
5.1 Partial Cooperation and the Leakage Effect
5.2 Tax Creation and Tax Diversion
6 Conclusion
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 Identifiers: eDoc: 430171
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Title: MPIfG Discussion Paper
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 98/3 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0944-2073
ISSN: 1864-4325