Optimal Taxation with Joint Production of Agriculture and Rural Amenities

22 Pages Posted: 1 Jun 2007

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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: June 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 labor). 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, Q18

Suggested Citation

Casamatta, Georges and Rausser, Gordon C. and Simon, Leo K., Optimal Taxation with Joint Production of Agriculture and Rural Amenities (June 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=990265 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.990265

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Leo K. Simon

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