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We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find …, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to … consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or human players. In monopoly markets, a monopolist bears a large share …
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We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find …, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to … consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or human players. In monopoly markets, a monopolist bears a large share …
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This paper studies the design of sin taxes when firms exercise market power. We outline an optimal tax framework that highlights how market power impacts the efficiency and redistributive properties of sin taxation, and quantify these effects in an application to sugar-sweetened beverage...
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output but does not affect the total output. On the other hand, the subsidy leads to the monopoly to reduce the dirty output …The paper studies the use of emission taxes and feed-in subsidies for the regulation of a monopoly that can produce the … same good with a technology that employs a polluting input and a clean technology. The second-best tax and subsidy are …
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The author reviews recent studies of how social status concerns influence individual preferences for redistribution and impact the design of optimal tax policies. He focuses on two aspects: the relevant dimension over which relative concerns are defined and the different formalizations of the...
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mechanism of this coordination is valuable for economic thinking and economic theory. However, the implications of the perfect … distinguishable types. This contribution explains absolute market power (single-firm monopoly and dominance), collective market power … original economic theory of contestability defines very strict conditions for perfectly contestable markets, antitrust has …
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Relative consumption effects or status concerns that feature jealousy (in the sense of Dupor and Liu, AER 2003) boost consumption expenditure. If consumption is financed by labour income, such status considerations increase labour supply and, hence, the tax base. A higher taxable income, in...
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