A political economy of tax havens

Hsun Chu, Chu-chuan Cheng and Yu-Bong Lai

International Tax and Public Finance, 2015, vol. 22, issue 6, 956-976

Abstract: The welfare effect of the existence of tax havens on high-tax countries has not been conclusive in the theoretical literature. Some papers show that the existence of tax havens is harmful to high-tax countries, while other studies argue that the opposite could occur. We aim to address a question: Do these welfare-reducing or welfare-enhancing properties still hold in the presence of lobbying? We find that the welfare-enhancing property does not hold, provided that the policy-maker attaches a sufficiently large weight to the political contribution received. Moreover, we point out that the cooperation among high-tax countries in restricting the international tax planning activity can lead to a lower level of social welfare in all high-tax countries. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Capital mobility; Interest groups; Lobbying; Tax havens; Tax competition; F21; H41; H73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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