The efficiency of indirect taxes under imperfect competition

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 231-251

  Anderson, Simon P ^a   De Palma, André ^b   Kreider, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Ad valorem tax; D43; Excise tax; H21; H22; Imperfect competition; L13; Product differentiation; Specific tax; Tax efficiency; Unit tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005581564     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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