Local Taxation and Tax Base Mobility: Evidence from a business tax reform in France

Tidiane Ly and Sonia Paty

No 1811, Working Papers from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of tax base mobility on local taxation. We first develop a theoretical model in order to examine the connection between local business property taxation and tax base mobility within a metropolitan area. We find that decreasing capital intensity in the tax base increases the business property tax rates unambiguously. We then test this result using a French reform, which changes the composition of the main local business tax base in 2010. Estimations using Difference-in-Differences show that the reduction in the mobility of the tax base indeed results in higher business property tax rates. Housing tax rates were not affected by the reform.

Keywords: Local taxation; Tax base mobility; Tax competition; Difference-in-Differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H71 H72 R50 R51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Working Paper: Local taxation and tax base mobility: Evidence from a business tax reform in France (2017)
Working Paper: Local taxation and tax base mobility: Evidence from a business tax reform in France (2017)
Working Paper: Local taxation and tax base mobility: Evidence from a business tax reform in France (2017)
Working Paper: Local taxation and tax base mobility: Evidence from a business tax reform in France (2017)
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