FinanzArchiv Public Finance Analysis · 2019 · 60 citations · 29 references
Public AffairsEconomicsPublic FinanceExcise TaxationTax PolicyTaxationConsumption TaxationConsumption TaxesCross-border Excise TaxationExcise TaxesTax ReformTax ShiftingConsumption Excise TaxesCross-border Consumption TaxationExcise Tax Pass-throughExcise Taxation Of BeerExcise Taxes On BeverageTax CutsTax Shifting AnalysisTaxation Of Alcoholic Beverages
This paper studies tax shifting of excise taxes on alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages in Denmark. We use a unique data set collected by Statistics Denmark focusing on six episodes of tax changes: three tax cuts and three tax hikes. We find that excise taxes on beer and soda are overshifted but those on liquor are undershifted. We also find that the pass-through is inversely related to the size of the tax change and that there are asymmetric effects of tax changes on soda. Finally, the tax pass-through on beer and soda is an increasing function of the distance to the German border.
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