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| Title: | | Taxation and market power  |
| Authors: | | Konrad, Kai A. Morath, Florian Müller, Wieland |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper 2880 |
| Abstract: | | We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or human players. In monopoly markets, a monopolist bears a large share of the burden of a tax increase. With human buyers, however, this share is smaller than with automated buyers as the presence of human buyers constrains the pricing behavior of a monopolist. |
| Subjects: | | tax incidence monopoly Bertrand competition experiment |
| JEL: | | H22 L12 L13 C72 : C92 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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