Optimal Taxation with Joint Production of Agriculture and Rural Amenities

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Georges Casamatta

Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ-CNRS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Gordon C. Rausser

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Leo K. Simon

U.C. Berkeley, Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics

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Date Written: December 2007

Abstract

We show that, when there is joint production of an agricultural good and rural amenities, the first-best allocation of resources can be implemented with a tax on the agricultural good and some subsidies on the production factors (land and labour). The use of a subsidy on the agricultural good can only be explained by the desire of the policymaker to redistribute income from the consumers to the farmers.

Keywords: joint production, rural amenities

JEL Classification: H21, H23, Q10

Suggested Citation

Casamatta, Georges and Rausser, Gordon C. and Simon, Leo K., Optimal Taxation with Joint Production of Agriculture and Rural Amenities (December 2007). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6615, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1140544

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