A note on Ad valorem and per unit taxation in an oligopoly Model

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-74

  Grazzini, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commodity taxation; Imperfect competition; Strategic market game

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751033070     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-006-0201-y     Document Type: Article

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