Tax policies for urban agglomeration to control “big city disease”

YANG Xingqi; HUANG Haijun

doi:10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2022.26.018

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Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology) ›› 2022, Vol. 62 ›› Issue (7) : 1212-1219. DOI: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2022.26.018

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Tax policies for urban agglomeration to control “big city disease”

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The ‘big city diseases’ is caused by population expansion in metropolises. This paper shows how the government can take tax regulation to balance the goal of decreasing the population against that of maximizing the social welfare. Considering the effects of commuting tax and payroll tax on population distribution, spatial structures, and land rents in the urban agglomeration, a three-city spatial equilibrium model that allows for intra-city commuting, inter-city migration, and inter-city commuting, is presented. The numerical results of three classical urban agglomeration spatial structures show that the effects of tax policies are related to the urban agglomeration spatial structures, but a well-designed commuting tax is always a better choice for the government.

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urban agglomeration / big city disease / population size / tax regulation / spatial equilibrium / inter-city commuting

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YANG Xingqi, HUANG Haijun. Tax policies for urban agglomeration to control “big city disease”[J]. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 2022, 62(7): 1212-1219 https://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2022.26.018

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