LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TAX AUTONOMY LOBBYING AND WELFARE…当地政府税收自主旅游和福利.pdfVIP

A NUOVE FRONTIERE DELL’INTERVENTO PUBBLICO Z N IN UN MONDO DI INTERDIPENDENZA I E I R X E X F N Pavia, Università, 20-21 settembre 2010 O   C             LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TAX AUTONOMY, LOBBYING, AND WELFARE SANDRO BRUSCO, LUCA COLOMBO, UMBERTO GALMARINI     società italiana di economia pubblica dipartimento di economia pubblica e territoriale – università di Pavia Local Governments Tax Autonomy, Lobbying, and Welfare Sandro Brusco Luca Colomboy Umberto Galmariniz June 14, 2010 Abstract We address the issue of the optimal degree of tax autonomy that should be granted to a regional government on a local tax base. Although the regional policy maker aims at maximizing social welfare, her tax policy may be distorted by the lobby- ing activity of taxpayers. Within this pol