Betterment taxes, capital gains and benefit cost ratios

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 109
Issue: 1
Pages: 54-56

Authors (2)

Coleman, Andrew (not in RePEc) Grimes, Arthur (Motu: Economic)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

'Betterment' taxes can be used to fund infrastructure investments. We relate betterment taxes to the benefit: cost ratio, deriving conditions under which a project can be funded by such taxes, and relate betterment taxes also to a capital gains tax.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:109:y:2010:i:1:p:54-56
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25