This paper is concerned with optimal commodity taxation in a spatial setting, represented by a monocentric urban model with homogenous people. It shows the need for an adjustment of the basic optimal taxation formulas, i.e. Ramsey (1927) and Atkinson and Stiglitz (1980), in a spatial setting and...

This paper presents (sufficient) conditions for the domestic investor/consumer to hold in equilibrium a disproportionate share of domestic assets. The analysis is carried out in a general equilibrium framework of products and assets markets, when the source of the uncertainty is productivity...

Th is article examines an individual's demand for hedging instruments (forward contracts, futures contracts, and commodity bonds) and analyzes how the demand for a hedging instrument is affected by: the instrument's price, the hedger's wealth, and the degree of risk aversion desired

Using a fully closed monocentric urban setup with unpriced transport congestion, this paper discusses a second best allocation implemented by spatially-variable excise subsidies, or taxes, on housing and the possibility of replacing it by floor area ratio (FAR) regulations. It turns out that the...