Effectiveness and Efficiency Trade-Off in the Demerit Goods Taxation: a Non-Standard Approach
Effectiveness and Efficiency Trade-Off in the Demerit Goods Taxation: a Non-Standard Approach
Author(s): Francesco MusolinoSubject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: ASERS Publishing
Keywords: Merit Goods; Demerit Goods; Tax; Efficiency; Effectiveness; Political Economics;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study a first approach to the trade-off relation between effectiveness and efficiency about the intervention of the State to protect merit goods,in presence of a constant consumer’s marginal utility. Moreover, we focus on how efficiency and effectiveness vary according to proportional and progressive taxes.
Journal: Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance
- Issue Year: I/2015
- Issue No: 1(1)
- Page Range: 34-45
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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