Kind, Hans Jarle; Koethenbuerger, Marko; Schjelderup, … - In: Journal of Public Economics 92 (2008) 5-6, pp. 1531-1539
This paper examines the efficient provision of goods in two-sided markets and characterizes optimal specific and ad-valorem taxes. We show that (i) a monopoly may have too high output compared to the social optimum; (ii) output may be reduced by imposing negative value-added taxes (subsidy) or...