In this paper we use monthly gasoline price data for all fifty U.S. states over the period 1984 to 1999 to examine the incidence of state gasoline excise taxes. Standard economic theory predicts full shifting of the excise tax to consumers when the supply of gasoline is perfectly elastic, and...

In the late 1990s, China enacted a rural tax reform known as the "Tax-for-Fee Reform" (TFR), largely driven by a desire to address farmers' complaints about their perception of a heavy and regressive tax burden. This paper examines the impact of the TFR on inequality in rural villages in China....

Discusses new empirical evidence on the role if income tax incentives in marital decisions and finds that over time studies show that taxes have a significant effect on the aggregate marriage rate. Finds that the marriage tax has an effect on marriages, timing of marriages, and divorce.

Uses discrete-time hazard function estimation methods to examine the factors that affect the probability that a state will enact a lottery, where the probability is assumed to depend upon on economic, fiscal, demographic, and political factors.