Showing 1 - 10 of 1,993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010512128
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229870
This study empirically investigates how two types of airport charges (per-passenger and per-flight) differentially affect airfares, service quality (flight frequency), and welfare. A structural model endogenizing airfares and flight frequency is estimated with data on Japanese domestic routes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012849669
The public finance literature tells us that user fees will introduce market-like efficiency to public good provision. Meanwhile, criminal justice scholars note that criminal justice fees have run amok, causing crippling debt, undermining reentry efforts, and raising civil rights and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013247949
The idea of fiscal decentralisation has become increasingly fashionable world-wide. But every country has unique features of the intergovernmental fiscal system. In general municipal expenditures are rapidly growing in European countries. On the other hand local tax increases are not easily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318825
Many platforms that facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers charge ad valorem fees in which fees depend on the transaction price set by sellers. Given these platforms do not incur significant costs that vary with transaction prices, their use of ad valorem fees has raised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014122281
This study investigates the pricing regime choices between per-flight and/or per-passenger charges for international airports. Each country may choose (i) mix charges for per-flight and per-passenger charges, (ii) per-flight charges only, (iii) per-passenger charges only, and (iv)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080659
per-passenger subsidies are not feasible under “dual pricing (choosing per-flight and per-passenger charges)”, “single … optimal per-passenger charges to become negative. We find that, when per-passenger subsidies are not feasible, each single …. When dual pricing does not need per-passenger subsidies, we interestingly find that the distortions under single pricing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014353491
Many jurisdictions levy sizable fines and fees (legal financial obligations, or LFOs) on criminal defendants. Proponents argue LFOs are a "tax on crime" that funds courts and provides deterrence; opponents argue they do neither. We examine the fiscal implications of lowering LFOs. Incentives to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421231
Many public goods are characterized by rivalry and/or excludability. This paper introduces both non-excludable and excludable public inputs into a simple endogenous growth model. We derive the equilibrium growth rate and design the optimal tax and user-cost structure. Our results emphasize the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317052