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Competing for a duopoly: international trade and tax competition

Ben Ferrett and Ian Wooton (ian.wooton@strath.ac.uk)

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, vol. 43, issue 3, 776-794

Abstract: Abstract We analyse the tax/subsidy competition between two potential host governments to attract the plants of firms in a duopolistic industry. While competition between identical countries for a monopolist's investment is known to result in subsidy inflation, two firms can be taxed in equilibrium with the host countries appropriating the entire social surplus generated within the industry, despite explicit non‐cooperation between governments. Trade costs mean that the firms prefer dispersed to co‐located production, creating these taxation opportunities for the host countries. We determine the country‐size asymmetry that changes the nature of the equilibrium, inducing concentration of production in the larger country. On analyse la concurrence de taxes et subventions entre deux pays hôtes potentiels pour attirer des établissements d'entreprise dans une industrie duopoliste. Alors qu'on sait que la concurrence entre pays identiques pour un investissement par un monopole résulte en une inflation des subventions, deux entreprises peuvent être taxées en équilibre et les pays hôtes s'approprier l'entier surplus social engendré dans l'industrie, et ce malgré la non‐coopération explicite entre gouvernements. Les coûts du commerce font que les entreprises préfèrent une production dispersée plutôt que co‐localisée, créant des opportunités de taxation pour les pays hôtes. On détermine l'asymétrie de taille qui modifie la nature de l'équilibre, déclenchant une concentration de la production dans le grand pays.

Date: 2010
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