Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204801 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 06-2019
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics, Marburg
Abstract: 
An increasing number of municipalities cooperates in the field of economic development. In this paper, we focus on a specific instrument in this field, namely the development of joint business parks. We apply a hazard model to data from West-German municipalities between 2000 and 2015. We find inter-local business parks to be more frequent among small municipalities and in constellations where suitable land is scarce. Our main focus rests on the role of tax competition. An analogy building on the literature on international tax coordination supports the hypothesis that inter-local business parks are more likely in regions where tax competition is intense. The evidence is affirmative: We find that the likelihood of inter-local business park formation to increase in the intensity of local tax competition.
Subjects: 
Inter-local business parks
inter-municipal cooperation
tax competition
hazard model
Germany
JEL: 
H77
H71
R58
R14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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