Estimating the Effects of Tax Reform in Differentiated Product Oligopolistic Markets
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Estimating the Effects of Tax Reform in Differentiated Product Oligopolistic Markets The incidence of taxation has been extensively discussed in the public finance literature, but mainly within a competitive market setting or within a homogenous good (Cournot type) oligopoly. In a differentiated product oligopoly the effect of taxation can be more complex as the rate of taxation may affect not only the prices, but also the profile and quality of products that are sold in the market. In this paper, we examine the effects of changing tax regimes in a differentiated product oligopoly. In order to illustrate our approach we employ data from one such market: the automobile market in Israel JEL Classification: H2, L8
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تاریخ انتشار 1999