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Technical Measures, Environmental Protection, and Trade
ABSTRACT Technical regulations are increasingly numerous, complex, and often less transparent than traditional price‐based measures. Widely employed to achieve nontrade policy objectives, these measures are frequently adopted for environmental protection purposes. However, the trade effects of environmental measures remain underexplored. Using a unique
Fabio Gaetano Santeramo+2 more
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Unit Vs. Ad Valorem Taxes in Multi-Product Cournot Oligopoly [PDF]
The welfare dominance of ad valorem taxes over unit taxes in a single-market Cournot oligopoly is well-known. This article extends the analysis to multi-market oligopoly.
Hennessy, David A., Lapan, Harvey E.
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Technology Choice and Unit vs Ad Valorem Tax [PDF]
This paper compares the effects of unitary and ad valorem taxes in a homogeneous good market where two technologies are freely available. We find that, both in monopolies and Cournot oligopolies, unit taxes may be welfare superior to ad valorem taxes.
Francisco Galera+2 more
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ABSTRACT The growth of regional demand in food chains is often assumed to offer particular opportunities to small‐scale agro‐processing firms in Africa, promising a route to a more inclusive pathway of industrialization for the continent. The aim of the article is to interrogate this assumption by providing a critical assessment of the impacts of Kenya'
Hazel Gray
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The concept of estimating usable floor area of buildings based on cadastral data
Usable floor area is one of the most important spatial attributes of buildings and premises. It is used, for example, to determine the basis for their taxation.
Benduch Piotr, Hanus Paweł
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Tobacco taxes: a win-win strategy for public health and government revenue in Kenya
Background and challenges to implementation Kenya's excise tax system has changed over the years from specific taxes to ad-valorem, hybrid, tiered system and eventually a uniform specific rate for all tobacco products.
Emmah Wanyonyi, Maria Carmona
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Do Consumers Buy Less of a Taxed Good? [PDF]
This paper shows that consumers may buy more of a taxed good if it is sold by a two-sided platform firm. Two-sided platform industries serve distinct customer groups that are connected through interdependent demand, and include major businesses such as ...
Guttorm Schjelderup+2 more
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Unemployment and Endogenous Choice on Tax Instruments in a Tax Competition Model: Unit Tax versus Ad Valorem Tax [PDF]
This paper examines the endogenous choice of the government’s tax instrument between the unit and ad valorem taxes under tax competition with unemployment. Governments seek to maximize their objective functions that are the weighted sum of employment and
Kikuchi, Yuya, Tamai, Toshiki
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ABSTRACT In the first few months of 2025, the US government embarked on an unprecedented effort to upend decades of trade liberalization by undertaking the largest series of tariff increases since 1930. Subsequently, many of these tariffs were reduced by the executive branch or faced legal challenges, generating a tremendous degree of tariff ...
Jason W. Miller+2 more
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SODA TAX IMPACT ON SOFT DRINKS CONSUMPTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Introduction: Many countries have introduced a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages hoping for controlling the soft drinks consumption to reduce the adverse health effects such as obesity and diabetes.
Diana Safraa Selimin+8 more
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