Winners and losers of the COVID‐19 pandemic: An excess profits tax proposal

Céline Azémar, Rodolphe Desbordes, Paolo Melindi-Ghidi and Jean‐philippe Nicolaï
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Céline Azémar: ESC [Rennes] - ESC Rennes School of Business
Rodolphe Desbordes: SKEMA Business School - SKEMA Business School
Jean‐philippe Nicolaï: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes, Chaire Energie & Prospérité - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSAE Paris - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Institut Louis Bachelier

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Abstract: In this paper, we study the gains and losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. We distinguish between the effects of the pandemic and those of the health measures implemented to reduce the death toll, notably "the lockdown." Our theoretical model is focused on within-sector firm heterogeneity and involves imperfect competition in a partial equilibrium setting. A comparison between the gains and losses triggered by both the pandemic and the lockdown indicates that an excess profits tax imposed on the "winners" could partly compensate the "losers" of the same sector.

Keywords: Pandemic; Covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-10
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Published in Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2022, 24 (5), pp.1016-1038. ⟨10.1111/jpet.12589⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/jpet.12589

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