Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26784 
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Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Ruhr Economic Papers No. 19
Publisher: 
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen
Abstract: 
In this paper it is analysed, how, under price discrimination, the tax burden is shared between the distinct consumer groups. Unit and ad valorem taxes are compared, revealing an impossibility of fiscal discrimination with regard to price changes. Contrary to conventional tax incidence analysis, it is shown that quantities traded do matter. Relative market shares are decisive for the distribution of tax burdens thereby opening up an opportunity for fiscal discrimination in choosing tax types. This discriminatory potential is limited and not caused by price discrimination per se but rather due to monopolistic supply.
Subjects: 
Tax incidence
unit tax
ad valorem tax
price discrimination
JEL: 
H22
L11
ISBN: 
978-3-86788-013-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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