increases in city spending do not provide positive net benefits to property owners. Estimates of the effects of taxes on city …

taxes are a much greater drain on the economy than their direct costs. The taxes identified in this paper cost the economy … $2.56 billion more than the $4.79 billion they raise in tax revenues. These taxes are raised from wireless consumers and … taxes. Prospective taxes will impose an efficiency loss of $0.72-$1.14 per additional dollar of tax revenue raised …

Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are relatively new and there is little evidence about their impact on SSB … consumption or body mass index (as opposed to prices, purchases, or sales), their impact on youth (as opposed to on adults), or … the effect of SSB taxes on youth consumption, and contribute to the limited evidence base on the impact of SSB taxes on …

-acting force to the rapid increase in income inequality. Using a political-economy model where parties bargain over taxes and … determination, in particular budget rules, make the status quo levels of taxes and entitlements difficult to change. The second one …