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Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.Abstract The review of sales tax exemptions represents a significant undertaking for states across the United States. This analysis introduces a set of tax policy criteria to evaluate these exemptions in response to prevalent stakeholder considerations. We implement these criteria in the context of North Carolina's exemption of unprepared food from the
Whitney Afonso, Alex Combs
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Tariff: The Most Beautiful Word in the Dictionary?
Review of International Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We consider the welfare impacts of US tariff policy at levels proposed by President Donald J. Trump. General‐equilibrium simulations under a widely used transparent one‐sector trade model reveal sizable US welfare losses. When we extend the model to include bilateral firm selection and high resolution input–output linkages, the US losses ...
Edward J. Balistreri +2 more
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Neighborhoods by Assessment: An Analysis of Non-Ad Valorem Financing In California [PDF]
, 2016 Non-ad valorem assessments on property are a fiscal innovation born from financial stress. Unable to raise property taxes due to limitations, many localities have turned to these charges as an alternative method to fund local services.
McCubbins, Mathew D., Seljan, Ellen C.
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Implications of Food Trade Policy for Domestic and International Food Price Volatility
Agricultural Economics, Volume 57, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article investigates the impact of food trade policies on domestic and international price volatility, focusing on rice and wheat markets. It posits that policymakers aim to minimize the political costs associated with changing domestic prices and those associated with deviating from political‐economy equilibria. The study uses price data,
Will Martin +2 more
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Groundwater Conservation District Finance in Texas: Results of a Preliminary Study
Texas Water Journal, 2013 The preferred method of groundwater management in Texas is by locally formed groundwater conservation districts (GCDs). However, not all of Texas groundwater is managed by a district; some areas have not voted to form a GCD.
Charles R Porter, Jr.
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Trade and Domestic Distortions: The Case of Informality
Econometrica, Volume 94, Issue 2, Page 573-618, March 2026.We examine the effects of international trade in the presence of a set of domestic distortions giving rise to informality, a prevalent phenomenon in developing countries. In our quantitative model, the informal sector arises from burdensome taxes and regulations that are imperfectly enforced by the government.
Rafael Dix‐Carneiro +3 more
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Food Policy in a Warming World
Econometrica, Volume 94, Issue 2, Page 537-572, March 2026.This paper studies how governments intervene in agricultural markets to reshape the economic consequences of climate extremes. We construct a global dataset of agricultural policies and extreme heat exposure by country and crop since 1980. Extreme heat shocks to domestic production lead to policies that assist consumers by lowering domestic food prices.
Allan Hsiao +2 more
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Indirect Taxation in Vertical Oligopoly [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effects of specific and ad valorem taxation in an industry with downstream and upstream oligopoly. We find that in the short run, i.e.
Markus Reisinger, Martin Peitz
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Sin taxes in differentiated product oligopoly: An application to the butter and margarine market [PDF]
, 2010 There is policy interest in using tax to change food purchasing behaviour. The literature has not accounted for the oligopolistic structure of the industry. In oligopoly the impact of taxes depend on preferences, and how firms pass tax onto prices.
Griffith, Rachel +2 more
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Le choix entre taxe unitaire et taxe ad valorem
Revue française d'économie, 2003 In this paper, I propose a survey on the economic literature dealing with the balance between specific and ad vabrem taxation. Three lessons emerge from this literature. First, predominantly specific taxation leads to relatively high price and profits and a relatively low fiscal revenue.
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