An alternative way to model merit good arguments

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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