Einav, Liran, Knoepfle, Dan, Levin, Jonathan and Sundaresan, Neel (2014) Consumer behavior in online shopping is affected by sales tax. LSE American Politics and Policy (14 Jan 2014). Website.
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Abstract
Profits from the sales tax make up a large percentage of overall revenues in many states, making the estimated $10 billion lost each year to tax-free internet purchases particularly concerning. Liran Einav, Dan Knoepfle, Jonathan Levin, and Neel Sundaresan examine just how much the presence (or lack thereof) of a sales tax influences consumer behavior. He finds that online purchasing goes up by 1-2 percent for each percentage point increase in the state sales tax, and that an online sales tax does lead to a decline in purchases.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 The Authors |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | E History America > E11 America (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2014 14:39 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 13:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/58453 |
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