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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822023103321

Autore

Gersovitz Mark

Titolo

The Size Distribution of Firms, Cournot, and Optimal Taxation / / Mark Gersovitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-1447-3

1-4527-7031-X

1-283-51719-1

1-4519-0984-5

9786613829641

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (28 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Taxation

Industrial organization (Economic theory)

Finance: General

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Tax Law

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Efficiency

Optimal Taxation

Public finance & taxation

Taxation & duties law

Finance

Income tax systems

Tax law

Competition

Optimal taxation

Tax administration core functions

Income tax

Tax administration and procedure

Law and legislation

Cameroon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

"December 2006".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. ASYMMETRIC OLIGOPOLISTS IN AN UNTAXED ECONOMY""; ""III. ASYMMETRIC OLIGOPOLISTS AND THE SPECIFIC SALES TAX""; ""IV. ASYMMETRIC OLIGOPOLISTS AND THE AD VALOREM SALES TAX""; ""V. ASYMMETRIC OLIGOPOLISTS AND THE HYBRID PROFITS TAX""; ""VI. ASYMMETRIC OLIGOPOLISTS AND THE HYBRID PROFITS AND AD VALOREM TAXES""; ""VII. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

Tax laws and administrations often treat different size firms differently. There is, however, little research on the consequences. As modeled here, oligopolists with different efficiencies determine the size distribution of firms. A government that maximizes a weighted sum of consumer surplus, profits, and tax receipts can tax firms with different efficiencies differently and provides a reference point for other, more restricted differential tax systems. Taxes include a specific sales tax, an ad valorem sales tax, and a profits tax with imperfect deductibility of capital cost, and a combination of the last two. In general there is a pattern of tax rates by efficiency of firm. It is heavily dependent on the social valuation of tax receipts. Analytic and simulation results are provided. When both ad valorem taxes and the imperfect profits tax are combined, simulations suggest that the former rate is higher and the latter rate is lower for relatively inefficient firms.