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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Chetty et al.: Strategy 2<br />

Compare effects of price changes and tax changes<br />

Alcohol subject to two state-level taxes in the U.S.:<br />

Excise tax: included in price<br />

Sales tax: added at register, not shown in posted price<br />

Exploiting state-level changes in these two taxes, estimate θ<br />

Addresses concern that experiment may have induced a “Hawthorne<br />

effect”<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 31 / 142

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