An alternative way to model merit good arguments

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dc.creator	Schroyen, Fred	-
dc.date	2007-11-05T12:24:55Z	-
dc.date	2007-11-05T12:24:55Z	-
dc.date	2003-10-21	-
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-31T00:57:58Z	-
dc.date.available	2017-01-31T00:57:58Z	-
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/1821	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/1821	-
dc.description	Besley (1988) uses a scaling approach to model merit good arguments in commodity tax policy. In this paper, I question this approach on the grounds that it produces 'wrong' recommendations--taxation (subsidisation) of merit (demerit) goods--whenever the demand for the (de)merit good is inelastic. I propose an alternative approach that does not suffer from this deficiency, and derive the ensuing first and second best tax rules, as well as the marginal cost expressions to perform tax reform analysis.	-
dc.language	eng	-
dc.relation	UFAE and IAE Working Papers	-
dc.relation	595.03	-
dc.rights	openAccess	-
dc.subject	Merits goods	-
dc.subject	Commodity taxation	-
dc.subject	Tax reform analysis	-
dc.title	An alternative way to model merit good arguments	-
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	-
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