An Investigation into Alternative Representations of the Average and Marginal Cost of Public Funds

L. Hakonsen

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Abstract: The literature on the average and marginal cost of public funds and the average and marginal excess burden is presently a very rich one. A problem in this literature, is that a whole range of alternative measures are interpreted as representing the cost from collecting tax revenues. This paper derives and compares some commonly used measures, and adds a couple of new ones. Performing a cross-comparison of the various measures seems to be a useful exercise in order to be able to distinguish between which measure telling us what.

Keywords: TAXATION; COSTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H20 H21 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 1997
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