Optimal tax mix in an international tax competition model. Simulation analysis Cover Image

Optymalna struktura podatkowa w warunkach konkurencji międzynarodowej. Analiza symulacyjna
Optimal tax mix in an international tax competition model. Simulation analysis

Author(s): Janusz Kudła, Agata Kocia, Katarzyna Kopczewska, Robert Kruszewski, Konrad Walczyk
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Applied Sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: tax shifting; capital taxation; consumption tax; tax competition;

Summary/Abstract: The paper addresses the problem of international tax competition in a coexistence of: capital, labor and consumption taxation. We allow for the possibility of capital gains shifting abroad and for the different levels of capital ownership. On this basis, the optimal taxation conditions were derived. Generally, in the case of low capital-marginal– productivity-elasticity, for given level of tax consumption burden, the capital should be subsidized and the labor should be taxed positively. If we exclude the subsidies for capital then the taxation of labor becomes sensitive to both the size of the consumption tax and the level of international income shifting.

  • Issue Year: 28/2013
  • Issue No: 03 (2)
  • Page Range: 231-245
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish