Taxes
Cash for Clunkers - Cash Rebates vs Fuel Tax (8/19/2009)
Cash rebates are an inefficient means to reduce carbon emissions.
Cost-efficient pollution control (11/2/2011)
Pollution tax could lead to lower-cost pollution reduction than a uniform pollution reduction quota.
Front Loading (5/12/2010)
Cash for clunkers and home-buyer tax credit provided huge subsidies for each incremental sale but failed to sustain the car and housing markets.
Tax incidence and supply-demand elasticity (11/2/2011)
Supply and demand elasticities determine who ultimately pays sales taxes.
Taxes and Commercials, Necessary Evils? (11/28/2000)
Taxes and TV commercial take away what we could have otherwise, but are necessary to support 'free services'.
Taxing Matters (5/8/2003)
The over-reliance on sales tax for state revenue in Tennessee has created a budget crisis as its border-town residents increasingly shop in neighboring states with lower sales tax rates.
To Tax or not to Tax? (2/2/2000)
Sales tax is easier to avoid than income tax in the age of ecommerce.
Too Global To Be National? (6/18/2010)
US multinationals fatten their bottom lines by arbitraging wages, taxes, and regulations across countries.
Underground Sins (1/14/2006)
High sales tax on cigarettes inadvertently encouraged underage smoking and reduced tax revenues.