Publication
Title
Signaling, network externalities, and subsidies
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Abstract
A signal may be more effective the greater the number of people who use the same signal, thereby creating a network externality and potentially generating multiple equilibria. A subsidy to the signal can increase efficiency, and the signalers may benefit from the subsidy even if they pay taxes to finance it. But people who benefit from the signal may oppose too large a subsidy, because a large subsidy could destroy the signaling value.
Language
English
Source (journal)
International tax and public finance. - Dordrecht
Publication
Dordrecht : 2016
ISSN
0927-5940
DOI
10.1007/S10797-015-9384-X
Volume/pages
23 :5 (2016) , p. 798-811
ISI
000382864500002
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UAntwerpen
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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