Estimating the effect of tax reform in differentiated product oligopolistic markets

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fershtman, C; Gandal, N; Markovich, S
• 署名单位: Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Tel Aviv University; Tilburg University; University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00031-6
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 151-170
• 关键词: taxation; differentiated product oligopoly

摘要

The incidence of taxation has been extensively discussed in the public finance literature but mainly within a competitive market setting or within a homogenous good (Cournot type) oligopoly. In a differentiated product oligopoly, the effect of taxation can be more complex as the rate of taxation may affect not only the prices, but also the profile and quality of products that are sold in the market. In this paper, we examine the effects of changing tax regimes in a differentiated product oligopoly. In order to illustrate our approach, we employ data from one such market: the automobile market in Israel. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.