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The legal incidence of ad valorem taxes matters

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  • Wilfried Pauwels

    (University of Antwerp)

  • Fred Schroyen

    (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)

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It is well known that, for a specific tax, its economic incidence does not depend on which side of the market has the legal obligation to pay the tax. In this paper, we show that, for an ad valorem tax, this legal incidence does matter for the economic incidence. In particular, when a government imposes an ad valorem tax rate on the sale of a commodity, the resulting reduction in the market equilibrium level of sales will be larger when sellers are obliged to pay the tax than when buyers are obliged to pay the tax.

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  • Wilfried Pauwels & Fred Schroyen, 2024. "The legal incidence of ad valorem taxes matters," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 142(2), pages 199-211, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:142:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s00712-024-00863-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s00712-024-00863-0
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    Keywords

    Economic incidence; Legal incidence; Statutory incidence; Ad valorem taxes; Invariance theorem;
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    JEL classification:

    • H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence

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