Marginal and Non Marginal Commodity Tax Reforms with Rank Two and Rank Three Demographic Demand Systems

Ranjan Ray

Working Papers from Tasmania - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper provides evidence showing that the insensivity of marginal commodity tax reforms to demand specification, observed in recent studies, does not extend to the non marginal case. The size of the tax change has a sharp impact on commodity tax reforms. In constrast to priceeffects, neither household composition nor quadratic Engel curves alters significantly the direction of tax change.

Keywords: TAXATION; CONSUMPTION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B23 D12 H21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997

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