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Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Data for FEDS Paper 2012-50

The Impact of Tax Exclusive and Inclusive Prices on Demand

Naomi E. Feldman and Bradley J. Ruffle

Figure 1: PDF and CDF of Round Level Expenditures by Treatment

  CDF TE CDF TI CDF TD PDF TE PDF TI PDF TD
0 0.1033333 0.1466667 0.1316667 0.1033333 0.1466667 0.1316667
1-5 0.22 0.2216667 0.2316667 0.1166667 0.075 0.1
6-10 0.3433333 0.36 0.4133334 0.1233333 0.1383333 0.1816667
11-15 0.4266666 0.515 0.5666667 0.0833333 0.155 0.1533333
16-20 0.5099999 0.6533333 0.65 0.0833333 0.1383333 0.0833333
21-25 0.5833332 0.73 0.715 0.0733333 0.0766667 0.065
26-30 0.6483332 0.8066667 0.7733333 0.065 0.0766667 0.0583333
31-35 0.7083332 0.865 0.805 0.06 0.0583333 0.0316667
36-40 0.7533332 0.8916667 0.8333333 0.045 0.0266667 0.0283333
41-45 0.7766665 0.9183334 0.8983333 0.0233333 0.0266667 0.065
46-50 0.9999998 1.0000001 1 0.2233333 0.0816667 0.1016667

Figure 2: The Amount of Internatlized Tax (0-16%)

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lower (positive) 0 0 0     0.0009       0.046
lower (negative) -0.075 -0.04 -0.042 -0.022 -0.024 0 -0.009 -0.022 -0.004  
upper - lower 0.073 0.062 0.088 0.084 0.132 0.119 0.147 0.162 0.168 0.184
beta -0.001 0.011 0.023 0.031 0.054 0.064 0.069 0.07 0.082 0.138
  1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10
pq_lower (positive) 0.23   0.1   0.24   1.16       0.34       0.18   0.09      
pq_lower (negative)                 -0.01       -0.11           -0.26  
pq_upper - lower 1.82   1.9   1.86   1.9   1.92   1.81   1.87   1.86   1.92   1.6  
pq_beta 1.14 0.22 1.05 -0.53 1.17 0.14 2.11 0.47 0.95 -0.5 1.24 -0.53 0.88 -0.32 1.11 0.58 1.05 -0.88 0.67 -0.4
pq_lower (positive)                                        
pq_lower (negative)   -0.62   -1.58   -0.76   -0.55   -1.42   -1.38   -1.32   -0.34   -1.89   -1.35
pq_upper - lower   1.07   0.52   1.04   1.49   0.43   0.32   0.69   1.5   0.13   0.56
q_lower (positive) 0.161   0.28   0.288   0.25       0.26           0.24      
q_lower (negative)                 -0.37       -0.27   -0.02       -0.22  
q_upper - lower 0.746   1.09   1.2   0.67   0.79   0.83   0.76   1.04   1.09   0.74  
q_beta 0.534 0.36 0.83 0.14 0.89 0.08 0.59 0.26 0.21 -0.11 0.67 -0.1 0.25 -0.04 0.51 0.08 0.78 -0.08 0.26 -0.22
q_lower (positive)                                        
q_lower (negative)   -0.08   -0.38   -0.45   -0.14   -0.64   -0.49   -0.65   -0.43   -0.56   -0.74
q_upper - lower   0.79   0.65   0.62   0.65   0.41   0.28   0.57   0.59   0.39   0.29
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