Efficient and Equitable Commodity Taxation: Micro-Simulations Based on an Estimated Brazilian Consumer Demand System

An Additive Double-Logarithmic Consumer Demand System

An Additive Double-Logarithmic Consumer Demand System Lester D. Taylor University of Arizona Despite obvious theoretical shortcomings, the double-logarithmic function, because of ease of estimation and generally superior fit, is often the demand function of choice in applied demand analysis. However, the drawback to double-logarithmic demand functions is that they are not theoretically plausibl...

Consumer behavior in rural areas of iran : an almost ideal demand system analysis

International Commodity Taxation under Monopolistic Competition International Commodity Taxation under Monopolistic Competition *

We analyze non-cooperative commodity taxation in a symmetric twocountry trade model characterized by monopolistic competition and international firm and capital mobility. In this setting, taxes in one country affect foreign welfare through the relocation of mobile firms and through changes in the rents accruing to capital owners. With consumption-based taxation, these fiscal externalities exact...

The impact of rice imports on domestic consumer welfare using the inverse demand system

Rice is the second strategic product after wheat and one of the most widely consumed food products in the country. Population growth, consumption and growing demand, price fluctuations and welfare effects due to changes in the amount and price of rice require the attention and planning and foresight of policymakers and the countrychr('39')s planning system. In this study, in the framework of in...

An Efficient Video-On-Demand System Thesis proposal

Video-on-demand (VoD) is an attractive service that has already gained popularity in the Internet by allowing users to view a video from a catalog of popular choices at any time. A limitation of existing VoD services, both using traditional design as well as peer-to-peer (P2P), is their inability to support efficient streamed access to all content at high quality, regardless of demand: not just...