On revenue and welfare dominance of ad valorem taxes in two-sided markets

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 104
Issue: 2
Pages: 86-88

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

A benchmark result in public economics is that it is possible to increase both tax revenue and welfare by making a monopoly subject to ad valorem taxes rather than unit taxes. We show that such revenue and welfare dominance does not hold in two-sided markets.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:104:y:2009:i:2:p:86-88
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-25