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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Goulder and Williams Results<br />

Calibrate formula using existing elasticity estimates<br />

Result: DWL of taxing goods such as gasoline is underestimated by a<br />

factor of 10 in practice because of income tax<br />

Caveat: is their approach and conclusion valid if there are salience<br />

effects?<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 3: Effi ciency 51 / 105

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