Economic Integration and National Economic Policy

ISBN-13: 9783631618172 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 182 str.

Olaf Muenster

Opis

The ongoing European integration together with global economic integration has caused apprehension in the public that national governments are losing their independence in economic policy. Especially, increased capital mobility is assumed to restrain the tax setting behavior of a national government in the end constraining the scope and shape of government spending on public infrastructure, social services and other matters. By examining specific fiscal topics related to the current debate on economic integration, this book highlights aspects of the broader framework of fiscal competition. It develops further insight into the interaction of economic integration and public policy showing the scope and limits of national fiscal policy in an era of ongoing economic integration."

Spis treści

Contents: Does Economic Integration Eliminate a Government's Ability to Independently Redistribute Income? - Regional Infrastructure and Tax Competition with Two Instruments - Economic Integration and the Taxation of Multinationals - Capital Tax Competition in the Light of Agglomerations Economies.

O autorze

Olaf Münster, born in Würzburg, studied economics at Würzburg University and at the State University of New York at Albany, New York. He obtained a doctorate degree in economics from the Faculty of Business and Economics at Passau University in 2010.