Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207100 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
WWZ Working Paper No. 2019/01
Publisher: 
University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ), Basel
Abstract: 
We develop a model of Tiebout sorting based on decentralized income taxation, which allows for spillovers and imperfect rivalry in consumption of the publicly provided good. We identify three sources of welfare loss from decentralization: Imperfect redistribution, inter-jurisdictional free-riding, and inecient residential choice. Whereas the welfare loss from imperfect redistribution decreases and that from free-riding rises unambiguously as the publicly provided good becomes more pure, the welfare loss from the inecient residential choice depends non-monotonically on spillovers and rivalry. The equilibrium can be characterized by relative crowding of either the rich or the poor municipality. Our results imply that the characteristics of the publicly provided good are an important determinant for the welfare costs of decentralization.
Subjects: 
Public goods
Tiebout
local income taxation
scal federalism
decentralization
free-riding
JEL: 
H21
H23
H41
H77
R13
R23
R50
Q58
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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