Empirical strategies to identify the interaction of municipalities in the tax setting process and its effects on employment

• Grant number: 15/19132-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: October 28, 2015
• End date: January 27, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Regional and Urban Economics
• Principal Investigator: André Luis Squarize Chagas
• Grantee: Elias Celestino Cavalcante
• Supervisor: Federico Revelli
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO), Italy
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/19334-9 - Local governments interaction in services tax setting and the consequences for tax base in São Paulo, BP.MS

Abstract

This research project aims to discuss and improve the identification strategies implemented to answer the two main questions of the master thesis, the interaction of municipalities in the tax setting process and its effects on employment. The idea is to present the theoretical foundation and empirical results already obtained and discuss improvements to the modeling strategy. The empirical results can be further analyzed and discussed, from an international perspective.