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Intertemporal Extraction Of Mineral Resources Under Variable Rate Taxes, Robert F. Conrad, Bryce Hool
Intertemporal Extraction Of Mineral Resources Under Variable Rate Taxes, Robert F. Conrad, Bryce Hool
Research Collection School Of Economics
Variable-rate taxes are being applied with increasing frequency in the US and other countries. However, their effects typically go beyond those that have motivated their use. The formulation of mineral tax policy should take into account the complete list of consequences.-from Authors
Demand Response And The Reform Of Indirect Taxes In Pakistan, Ehtishaw Ahmad, Hing-Man Leung, Nicholas Stern
Demand Response And The Reform Of Indirect Taxes In Pakistan, Ehtishaw Ahmad, Hing-Man Leung, Nicholas Stern
Research Collection School Of Economics
The question of the appropriate tax rate for different commodities is important for policy making in a country like Pakistan. This involves not only revenue, which is an obvious and a major preoccupation of most governments, but also concerns the effects of tax changes on households in various circumstances, together with production decisions in many sectors of the economy. In this paper we shall be concerned with a preliminary evaluation of the Pakistan indirect tax system. We shall examine in further work, the analysis of direct taxes, the balance between direct and indirect taxes as well as the effects of …
A Physical Interpretation Of The Maximum Likelihood Estimation Of A Linear Functional Relationship Model, Y. V. Hui, Yiu Kuen Tse
A Physical Interpretation Of The Maximum Likelihood Estimation Of A Linear Functional Relationship Model, Y. V. Hui, Yiu Kuen Tse
Research Collection School Of Economics
This paper presents a physical interpretation of estimating the parameters of a linear functional relationship model. The estimates are determined from the stable equilibrium position of a mechanical system. It is found that the estimates obtained from the physical model coincide with the maximum likelihood estimates.