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Ad valorem and per unit taxation in an oligopoly model

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Grazzini, Lisa

This paper compares the welfare effects of ad valorem and per unit commodity taxation, in a model of oligopolistic interaction. Our main result is that, when the number of consumers is sufficiently high, per unit taxes welfare dominate ad valorem taxes.

Document type Document de travail (Working Paper)
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2000
Collection CORE Discussion Papers - 2000/54
Affiliation UCL - CORE - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics
Keywords Imperfect competition ; Strategic market game ; Commodity taxation
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Bibliographic reference Grazzini, Lisa. Ad valorem and per unit taxation in an oligopoly model. CORE Discussion Papers ; 2000/54 (2000)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/4143