Optimal taxation with joint production of agriculture and rural amenities

Georges Casamatta, Gordon Rausser and Leo Simon

Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series from Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

Abstract: We show that, when there is joint production of an agricultural good and rural amenities, the first-best allocation of resources can be implemented with a tax on the agricultural good and some subsidies on the production factors (land and labor). The use of a subsidy on the agricultural good can only be explained by the desire of the policymaker to redistribute income from the consumers to the farmers.

Keywords: rural markets; agricultural economics; Social and Behavioral Sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-11-15
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