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Financing a Nationalized Monopoly: Coase's Versus Hotelling-Lerner's Solution

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  • Ramón J. Torregrosa

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In 1946, Coase rejected Hotelling-Lerner's solution for financing a nationalized monopoly on the grounds that any tax structure could distort relative prices. In monopoly where two-part tariffs are infeasible, Coase suggested average cost pricing as a noninfenor solution to the above policy. This article shows that, in a general equilibrium model, it is possible to choose a distortionary Hotelling-Lerner's tax policy that is superior to average cost pricing.

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  • Ramón J. Torregrosa, 1998. "Financing a Nationalized Monopoly: Coase's Versus Hotelling-Lerner's Solution," Public Finance Review, , vol. 26(4), pages 392-405, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:26:y:1998:i:4:p:392-405
    DOI: 10.1177/109114219802600406
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