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Unit versus ad valorem taxes: Monopoly in general equilibrium

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posted on 2025-07-30, 14:03 authored by Charles Blackorby, Sushama Murty
We show that if a monopoly sector is embedded in a general equilibrium framework and profits are taxed at one hundred percent, then unit (specific) taxation and ad valorem taxation are equivalent on the set of Pareto optima.

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Author's pre-print draft version dated August 2011; earlier version dated 2010 issued as working paper by University of Exeter Business School. Final version published by Elsevier; available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/

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Journal of Public Economics

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Elsevier

Language

en

Citation

Vol. 91, Issue 3-4, pp. 817 - 822

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  • Economics

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    Ad Valorem taxesunit taxesmonopoly

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