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In a bid to be re-elected, you promise both a lower tax rate and greater tax revenue.
You would only be able to back up your answer if:
(Use the Laffer curve, shown here, to support your answer.)
The Laffer Curve
Tax
revenue
Region
Region II
Tax rate
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the current tax rate is in Region I of the Laffer curve.
O if the current tax rate is in Region II of the Laffer curve.
the current tax rate is in either region on the Laffer curve.
if the current tax rate is exactly t, at the midpoint of the Laffer curve.
Transcribed Image Text:In a bid to be re-elected, you promise both a lower tax rate and greater tax revenue. You would only be able to back up your answer if: (Use the Laffer curve, shown here, to support your answer.) The Laffer Curve Tax revenue Region Region II Tax rate Click to view larger image. the current tax rate is in Region I of the Laffer curve. O if the current tax rate is in Region II of the Laffer curve. the current tax rate is in either region on the Laffer curve. if the current tax rate is exactly t, at the midpoint of the Laffer curve.
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