Tax Competition Among Municipal Governments

Exit Versus Voice

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6405075
AutoresRebecca Hendrick (0000-0002-7016-8947, University of Illinois Chicago), Yonghong Wu (0000-0002-1439-6654, University of Illinois Chicago), Benoy Jacob (0000-0002-6521-2472, University of Illinois Chicago)
Ano2007
Volume43
Fascículo2
Páginas221-255
Data de publicação2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1078087407305312
OpenAlexW2144526869
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas42

This research examines the incidence of property and sales tax competition among municipal governments in the Chicago metropolitan region and investigates whether the underlying mechanism is exit or voice. First, the research estimates a model with a spatial lag component that relates each municipality's tax or revenue burden to that of its neighbors, controlling for other factors. The results show that tax competition exists for property taxes, which suggests that the competition is based on voice rather than exit. Second, assessment of preferences and attitudes toward sales and property taxes and competition also demonstrates the importance of voice in establishing tax rates and levies

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