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    Tax uniformity: A commitment device for restraining opportunistic behaviour


    Dewit, Gerda and Leahy, Dermot (2008) Tax uniformity: A commitment device for restraining opportunistic behaviour. UNSPECIFIED. Department of Economics Finance & Accounting NUI Maynooth. (Unpublished)

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    Abstract

    We investigate whether and to what extent uniform and differentiated tax systems diverge in their propensity to create distortionary opportunistic behaviour. The set-up in which we carry out our analysis features polluting firms that are confronted with a Pigovian emission tax. Firms can invest in pollution abatement. We first show that the existence of emission taxes, although optimally chosen, create strategic incentives for firms to distort their abatement investment. Second, we find that a system of differentiated emission taxes has a greater propensity to foster strategic distortions in abatement investment than a uniform emission tax regime.

    Item Type: Monograph (UNSPECIFIED)
    Keywords: Uniform tax, Differentiated taxes, Emission tax, Short-run policy commitment, Pollution-abating investment, Strategic investment.
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
    Item ID: 1095
    Depositing User: Ms Sandra Doherty
    Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2008 13:59
    Publisher: Department of Economics Finance & Accounting NUI Maynooth
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      Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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