Some Marginalist Intuition Concerning the Optimal Commodity Tax Problem

Publication: Journal of Economic Education

Volume: Volume 37, No. 4

Issue: Fall 2006

Pages: 459-469

Author(s): Craig Brett

Address (Principal Author):

Craig Brett

Canada Research Chair in Canadian Public Policy

Department of Economics

Mount Allison University

Sackville, New Bruswick

E4L 1A7

Canada

Phone: (506) 364-2532

Fax: (506) 364-2625

Internet Address (Principal Author): cbrett@mta.ca

Title: Some Marginalist Intuition Concerning the Optimal Commodity Tax Problem

Abstract: The author offers intuition to help derive and interpret results in the theory of optimal commodity taxation.  He develops and explores the principle that marginal social welfare loss per last unit of tax revenue generated by equalized across tax instruments.

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