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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Hauptverfasser: Sandler, Ryan, Knittel, Christopher Roland
Weitere Verfasser: Sloan School of Management
Format: Artikel
Veröffentlicht: American Economic Association 2019
Online Zugang:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120525
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