Taxation of profits when there are profits

Mark Gersovitz ()

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 107, issue 2, 145-147

Abstract: Profits taxes fall on both pure profits and the use of capital as an input. Simulations of a Cournot oligopoly suggest that gains from the former are not outweighed by losses from the latter.

Keywords: Profits; taxation; Cournot (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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