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Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence

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Chetty, Raj, Looney, Adam, Kroft, Kory·2009·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.99.4.1145
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Using two strategies, we show that consumers underreact to taxes that are not salient. First, using a field experiment in a grocery store, we find that posting tax-inclusive price tags reduces demand by 8 percent. Second, increases in taxes included in posted prices reduce alcohol consumption more than increases in taxes applied at the register. We develop a theoretical framework for applied welfare analysis that accommodates salience effects and other optimization failures. The simple formulas we derive imply that the economic incidence of a tax depends on its statutory incidence, and that even policies that induce no change in behavior can create efficiency losses. (JEL C93, D12, H25, H71)

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Authors
Chetty, R., Looney, A., & Kroft, K.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2009-08-01
Volume
99
Issue
4
Pages
1145-1177
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.99.4.1145
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journal article
Language
en
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