Given the following information, Qd=240-5p and Qs=P. a.What is sellers reservation price? b.Buyers reservation price? c.Consumer surplus before tax. Producer surplus before tax.

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Given the following information, Qd=240-5p and Qs=P.

a.What is sellers reservation price?

b.Buyers reservation price?

c.Consumer surplus before tax.

Producer surplus before tax.

Determine buyers price after tax of $12 per unit on sellers in the market.

Determine seller's price after tax.

Determine quantity after tax of $12.

Consumer surplus after tax.

Producer surplus after tax.

Tax revenue

Deadweight loss of the tax

Total surplus after tax

 

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