This paper provides a positive analysis of public provision of excludable public goods financed by uniform taxes or …-skewed distributions of preferences choose taxes, while a majority coalition of high and low preference individuals prefer fees when … preferences are sufficiently right-skewed. Public good provision under fees exceeds that under taxes in the latter case. …

excludable public goods into a model with consumption and income taxes. The setup is a neoclassical growth model where agents …

taxes oriented towards housing. While user charges act as head taxes, property taxes have distributive consequences. The … implies a shift in the tax burden from property taxes to user charges. …

A fundamental issues in designing any fiscal regime for non-renewable resources is the balance between rent taxes and … that, even though they effectively involve the choice of distinct parameters at several dates, rent taxes are not subject …