Tax incidence when individuals are time-inconsistent: the case of cigarette excise taxes

Article Abstract:

The cigarette excise tax policy of the United States is critically examined. An alternative model is presented on the lines of Becker and Murphy model to examine smoking decisions in the time-inconsistent framework. By utilizing data on cigarette expenditures from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), the results of the experimental study indicate that lower income group spends more money on cigarettes when compared to higher income group.

Public Finance Activities, Taxes, Excise Taxes, Cigarettes, Cigarette Manufacturing, Taxation, Surveys, Excise tax

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Do low-income housing subsidies increase the occupied housing stock?

Article Abstract:

The possibility of subsidized housing increasing the occupied housing stock is explored. Public-housing, low-income housing, crowd-out, etc. are examined.

Commodity & service prices, Prices and rates, Design and construction, Company pricing policy, Low income housing

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