Excise taxes, over-shifting, cross-elasticity, and tax revenue
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Authors
Dutkowsky, Donald H.
Sullivan, Ryan S.
Subjects
Tax incidence
excise tax
over-shifting
tax revenue
cross-elasticity
excise tax
over-shifting
tax revenue
cross-elasticity
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2017
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Taylor and Francis Group
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Abstract
This article examines cross-elasticity effects in excise taxation for markets characterized by
monopolistic competition and over-shifting. Extending the constant elasticity demand
model to consider cross-elasticity leads to notably different results regarding tax revenue
maximization. With nonzero but weak cross-elasticity effects relative to the price elasticity,
we derive a higher optimal tax-price ratio compared to prior research. With strong crosselasticity, revenue can continually be increased by raising the excise tax. Overall, the study
offers government greater incentive to use excise taxes to obtain revenue.
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Article
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2016.1167821
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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5 p.
Citation
Dutkowsky, Donald H., and Ryan S. Sullivan. "Excise taxes, over-shifting, cross-elasticity, and tax revenue." Applied Economics Letters 24.2 (2017): 113-116.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.