On taxation pass-through for a monopoly firm
(2004)
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- This paper investigates the pass-through of an excise tax imposed on a monopoly firm with constant marginal cost. The optimal price increases as tax increases for any demand function. Tax pass-through is globally under or in excess of 100% according as the direct demand function is log-concave or log-convex. The analysis relies on supermodular optimization and delivers conclusions based on minimal sufficient assumptions in a simple, broadly accessible and self-contained framework. Further results allow for mixed conditions that provide precise and local determination of pass-through. Several illustrative examples are given. Policy conclusions relating to the relative wisdom of taxing high versus low cost monopoly firms are drawn from the results.
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Amir, R., Maret, I., & Troge, M. (2004). On taxation pass-through for a monopoly firm (ECON Discussion Papers 2004/70). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/128775