Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 486-508Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ijet.12328
Keywords
dominant diagonal matrix; monopoly; multi-tier pricing; tax; subsidy systems; welfare
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2722020JCG070]
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This paper examines the optimal specific tax/subsidy policy for a monopoly under multi-tier pricing and reveals the impact of increasing specific taxes on different output levels under different pricing schemes.
This paper examines the optimal specific tax/subsidy policy for a monopoly under multi-tier pricing. It shows, among other things, that an increase in a specific tax on any tier will raise (reduce) the cumulative output of preceding (succeeding) tiers in the non-uniform scheme. In contrast, increasing the tax under the uniform scheme will reduce the output for all tiers and their cumulative output. Furthermore, the paper derives the optimal policy locus and shows the indeterminacy of optimal tier rates in the non-uniform scheme. The case of linear/nonlinear demand and quadratic cost illuminates numerous interesting features.
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