Authors

• Francisco Galera (fgalera@unav.es)
  School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Navarra
• José Luis Álvarez (jlalvarez@unav.es)
  School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Navarra
• Isabel Rodríguez-Tejedo (isabelrt@unav.es)
  School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Navarra

Abstract
We provide an example of a monopoly with Pigouvian second-degree price discrimination where unit taxes are Pareto superior to ad valorem taxes.

Classification JEL:D42, H21, L12

Keywords:Monopoly, Pigouvian price discrimination, unit taxes, ad valorem taxes

Number of Pages:10

Creation Date:2012-10-15

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