Vertical externalities in tax settings: evidence from gasoline and cigarettes
A common feature of federal systems is that tax bases are joint property. Consequently, state and federal tax setting decisions are interdependent. Our aim here is to put forward a rudimentary theoretical analysis of this phenomenon, and to use the theory as a framework for econometrically estimating the magnitude of the responses. We find that when the federal government increases taxes, there is a significant positive response of state taxes. For example, a 10-cent per gallon increase in the federal tax rate on gasoline leads to a 3.5-cent increase in the state tax rate.
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1997-08
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Authors: | Besley, Tim ; Rosen, Harvey S. |
Institutions: | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) |
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