Pass-through as an economic tool: Principles of incidence under imperfect competition

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 528-583

  Weyl, E Glen ^a   Fabinger, Michal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIGOPOLY; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 84879156338     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670401     Document Type: Article

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