July, 2014
Sin Taxes and Sindustry: Revenue, Paternalism, and Political Interest
Michael D. Thomas
Assistant Professor of Economics, Creighton University
William F. Shughart II
Adam J. Hoffer
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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To speak with a scholar or learn more on this topic, visit our contact page.The new paternalists advocate using excise taxes to discourage “undesirable” behavior and to offset costs imposed on third parties. But using tax policy to socially engineer behavior gives rise to another social pathology: wasteful political entrepreneurship.
Find the article at The Independent Review.