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Concurrence fiscale et création de produits redondants.
Author(s) -
De Bartolome Charles A.M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
canadian journal of economics/revue canadienne d'économique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1540-5982
pISSN - 0008-4085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00449.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , business , product (mathematics) , tax competition , industrial organization , welfare , ad valorem tax , commerce , economics , double taxation , market economy , finance , ecology , geometry , mathematics , biology
. There are products that are assembled from kits but that, once assembled, are identical to other products. An example is the roll‐your‐own cigarette. Because the kit requires time to assemble, it is more costly than the assembled product; in the absence of tax competition, the kit is not bought or is ‘redundant.’ I show that tax competition between regions supports strategies that tax the ‘redundant’ product at a lower tax rate than its assembled counterpart, and it is bought. A welfare loss is thereby created. JEL classification: H71