The effects of labour unions on international capital tax competition

Nelly Exbrayat (), Carl Gaigne and Stephane Riou ()
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Nelly Exbrayat: GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne

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Abstract: We analyze the impact of labour market rigidities on tax competition betweentwo imperfectly integrated countries. Following a shift from a competitive to a unionizedlabour market in both countries, the capital tax can be adjusted upward in the countrywith the less rigid labour market, whereas the capital tax is always adjusted downward inthe other country. Moreover, by reducing the labour cost differential between countries,trade liberalization gives rise to tax and welfare convergences. Finally, when a countryadopts a flexible labour market, the unionized country may attract the majority of capital.

Keywords: Tax competition; environmental economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Published in Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue Canadienne d'Économique, 2012, 45 (4), pp.1480-1503. ⟨10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01746.x⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01746.x

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