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Optimal Taxation in a Federal System of Governments

Name: Optimal Taxation in a Federal System of Governments
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Author: Dipl.-Kfm. Sebastian Krug
ISBN: 978-3-640-81660-6

Seminar Paper, 2011

20 Pages

Dipl.-Kfm. Sebastian Krug (Author)

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1 Introduction

2 Taxonomy of fiscal externalities

3 Why vertical fiscal externalities tend to cause inefficiently high tax rates

4 Development of an optimal tax policy to fiscal federalism
4.1 How many levels of government should have the right to levy taxes?
4.2 How should the optimal tax policy be designed?
4.3 Which level of government should excise taxes?

5 Concluding Remarks

A The DWL or Harberger’s Triangles

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Title: Optimal Taxation in a Federal System of Governments
College: Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (Department of Economics)
Course: Seminar in Public Economics and Social Policy: Federalism and (De)Centralization
Author: Dipl.-Kfm. Sebastian Krug (Author)
Year: 2011
Pages: 20
Catalog Number: V165499
ISBN (eBook): 9783640816583
ISBN (Book): 9783640816606
File size: 507 KB
Language: English
Keywords: optimal taxation, federalism, fiscal federalism, Ramsey, Harberger, Excess Burden, Dead Weight Loss, MCPF, SMCPF, Levels of Government, State Government, Federal Government, Common Pool Problem, Coase, Keen, Gordon, fiscal externality, horizontal fiscal externality, vertical fiscal externality

Quote paper: Dipl.-Kfm. Sebastian Krug (Author), 2011, Optimal Taxation in a Federal System of Governments, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/165499

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