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Estimación de elasticidades e impuestos óptimos a los bienes más consumidos en México

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  • Jorge N. Valero Gil

    (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)

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We estimate cross and direct elasticities for food products in Mexico. We consider Mexico's most consumed goods, which are tortillas, meat, chicken, milk, eggs, onion, chili pepper, kidney beans, soft drinks, and water. We find that using the methodology of Deaton to estimate elasticities creates difficulties when applying it to rural zones and cross-elasticities. We further use the estimated elasticities to find the optimal taxes for these products, to evaluate whether an optimal tax reform would call for greater consumer taxes or subsidies.

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  • Jorge N. Valero Gil, 2006. "Estimación de elasticidades e impuestos óptimos a los bienes más consumidos en México," Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos, vol. 21(2), pages 127-176.
    • Handle: RePEc:emx:esteco:v:21:y:2006:i:2:p:127-176
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    1. Castañon-Herrera, Alberto & Urzúa, Carlos M., 2012. "The non-optimality of the Mexican indirect tax system," EGAP Chapters, in: Urzúa, Carlos M. (ed.), Fiscal Inclusive Development: Microsimulation Models for Latin America, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México.
    2. Cahuana-Hurtado, Lucero & Rubalcava-Peñafiel, Luis & Sosa-Rubi, Sandra, 2012. "Políticas fiscales como herramienta para la prevención de sobrepeso y obesidad [Fiscal policies to prevent obesity in Mexico]," MPRA Paper 61288, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Cahuana-Hurtado, Lucero & Sosa-Rubi, Sandra & Rubalcava-Peñafiel, Luis & Panopoulou, Panagiota & Rodriguez-Oliveros, Guadalupe & Servan-Mori, Edson, 2013. "Understanding the heterogeneous nature of the demand for soft drinks in Mexico: why social determinants also matter," MPRA Paper 61274, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Jun 2014.
    4. Fuentes, Hugo Javier & Zamudio, Andrés, 2013. "Estimación y análisis de la elasticidad precio de la demanda para diferentes tipos de bebidas en México [Estimation and analysis of price elasticity of demand to different kind of beverage in Mexic," MPRA Paper 50603, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    food elasticities; optimal taxation; consumer economics; urban-rural analysis; agricultural markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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