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Non‐cooperative vs. Minimum‐Rate Commodity Taxation

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  • Morten Hvidt
  • Søren Bo Nielsen

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This paper demonstrates, within a simple two‐country model of commodity taxation and cross‐border shopping, that the tax revenue (welfare) effects of a minimum tax requirement depend crucially on the character of the initial non‐cooperative tax equilibrium, i.e. whether it is Nash or Stackelberg.

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  • Morten Hvidt & Søren Bo Nielsen, 2001. "Non‐cooperative vs. Minimum‐Rate Commodity Taxation," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 2(4), pages 315-326, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:germec:v:2:y:2001:i:4:p:315-326
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-0475.00042
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