Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46492 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3471
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In this paper we employ a tax-competition model to demonstrate that in the presence of migration the re-distributive advantage of a non-linear income tax system over a linear (flat) one is significantly mitigated relative to the autarky (no-migration) equilibrium. When migration threats are sufficiently strong, a coordinated shift from a non-linear (prima-facie superior) system to a flat (inferior) regime is not too welfare-costly, even when the extent of re-distribution is significant. Therefore, such a shift may be warranted on administrative grounds. We also show, as expected, that migration reduces the extent of redistribution.
Subjects: 
flat tax
re-distribution
migration
tax-competition
JEL: 
D60
H20
H50
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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