Unit Versus Ad Valorem Taxes: The Private Ownership of Monopoly In General Equilibrium
Charles Blackorby and
Sushama Murty ()
The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics
Abstract:
In an earlier paper [Blackorby and Murty; 2007] we showed that if a monopoly sector is imbedded in a general equilibrium framework and profits are taxed at one hundred percent, then unit (specific) taxation and ad valorem taxation are welfare-wise equivalent. In this paper, we consider private ownership of the monopoly sector. Given technical difficulties in making a direct general equilibrium comparison of unit and ad valorem taxation, we adopt a technique due to Guesnerie [1980] and Quinzii [1992] in a somewhat different context of increasing returns and non-convex economies to show that neither ad valorem taxation nor unit taxation Pareto dominates the other; although, generally, the two are not welfare-wise equivalent.
Keywords: Ad valorem taxes; unit taxes; monopoly (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2007
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Journal Article: Unit Versus Ad Valorem Taxes: The Private Ownership of Monopoly in General Equilibrium (2013) 
Working Paper: Unit Versus Ad Valorem Taxes: The Private Ownership of Monopoly In General Equilibrium (2010) 
Working Paper: Unit Versus Ad Valorem Taxes: The Private Ownership of Monopoly In General Equilibrium (2008) 
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