Taxing Sin Goods and Subsidizing Health Care

We study the taxation of sin goods in a two-period, three-good model. Individuals can buy health care to compensate for the damages caused by their earlier sin-good consumption. Individuals are myopic and underestimate the effect of the sinful consumption on health; in their second period, they may...

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2012

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Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23266

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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2011.01666.x
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23266

Palabra clave:

Behavioral response
Consumption behavior
Health care
Model test
Paternal effect
Subsidy system
Tax system
Behavioral economics
Dual self versus single self
Paternalism

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