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Direct or indirect tax instruments for redistribution short-run versus long-run

Saez, Emmanuel - In: Journal of public economics 88 (2004) 3/4, pp. 503-518

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Direct or Indirect Tax Instruments for Redistribution : Short-run versus Long-run

Saez, Emmanuel - 2002

Optimal tax theory has shown that, under weak assumptions, indirect taxation such as production subsidies, tariffs, or …. However, these important results of optimal tax theory, namely production efficiency and uniform commodity taxation under non …

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The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Instruments for Environmental Protection in a Second-Best Setting

Goulder, Lawrence H. - 1998

This paper uses analytical and numerical general equilibrium models to study the costs of achieving pollution reductions under a range of environmental policy instruments in a second-best setting with pre-existing factor taxes. We compare the costs and efficiency impacts of emissions taxes,...

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Revenue-Raising vs. Other Approaches to Environmental Protection : The Critical Significance of Pre-Existing Tax Distortions

Goulder, Lawrence H. - 1996

This paper examines the choice between revenue-raising and non-revenue-raising instruments for environmental protection in a second-best setting with pre- existing factor taxes. We find that interactions with pre-existing taxes influence the costs of regulation and seriously militate against...

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