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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Policy Consequences: No Taxation of Intermediate Goods<br />

Computers:<br />

Sales to firms should be untaxed<br />

But sales to consumers should be taxed<br />

In practice, tax policy often follows precisely the opposite rule<br />

Ex. Diesel fuel tax studied by Marion and Muehlegger (2008)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 4: Optimal Taxation 46 / 121

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