Company tax reform in Europe and its effect on collusive behavior

Dirk Schindler and Guttorm Schjelderup

No 06/01, CoFE Discussion Papers from University of Konstanz, Center of Finance and Econometrics (CoFE)

Abstract: We study how harmonization of corporate tax systems affects the stability of international cartels. We show that tax base harmonization reinforces collusive agreements, while harmonization of corporate tax rates may destabilize or stabilize cartels. We also find that bilateral and full harmonization to a common standard is worse from society's point of view than unilateral harmonization to a minimum tax standard.

Keywords: Corporate tax systems; tacit collusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H87 L1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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