Tax incidence with strategic firms in the soft drink market

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-88

  Bonnet, Céline ^a   Réquillart, Vincent ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Ad valorem tax; Differentiated products; Excise tax; Soft drinks; Strategic pricing; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883795829     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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