The Welfare Impact of Second-Best Uniform-Pigouvian Taxation: Evidence from Transportation

When consumers or firms don't face the true social cost of their actions, market outcomes are inefficient. In the case of negative externalities, Pigouvian taxes are one way to correct this market failure, but it may be infeasible to tax the externality directly. The alternative, taxing a relat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sandler, Ryan, Knittel, Christopher Roland
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Published: American Economic Association 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120525
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7654-8641