Why might a tax be inefficient?   a It distorts behavior, causing the marginal costs to be higher than the marginal benefits b The average cost of the tax is too high. c The tax is politically infeasible. d The tax does not collect enough revenue.

Both a payroll tax and an excise tax on alcoholraise revenue and, respectively, shrink the marketsfor labor and alcohol. Although both have somefunctions in common, governments may havedifferent goals when levying them. What goalsdo you think motivate a payroll tax? What goalsmotivate an alcohol tax?

Suppose that your state raises its sales taxfrom 5 percent to 6 percent. The state revenuecommissioner forecasts a 20 percent increase insales tax revenue. Is this plausible? Explain.

Tax incidence refers to ? A. the average tax rate. B.how much revenue a tax generates. C.the extent to which a tax is proportional. D. who bears the burden of a tax.

a)  The government decides to impose a unit-tax on producers instead of a unit-sales tax on consumers, arguing that this will protect consumers from negative effects of the tax. Your response to this statement should be that O This is incorrect reasoning, because consumers actually will be affected more by the tax on production than a sales tax O This is incorrect reasoning, because consumers are always hit harder by a sales tax O This is incorrect reasoning, because it doesn't matter whether the tax is imposed on sales or production, the impact is the same O This is the correct reasoning, because consumers do not pay for the production.   b) Tom likes eBooks and iTunes. eBooks cost $4 and provide a marginal utility of 10; iTunes cost $1 and provide a marginal utility of 3. To maximize utility for the given budget, Tom should O Buy more eBooks and fewer iTunes O Buy fewer eBooks and more iTunes O Not change his current consumption choice

Opponents of increasing the tax on gasolineargue that the big oil companies just pass thetax along to the consumers. Do you agree ordisagree? Explain your answer.

Which of the following statement is true about tax? A. The burden shared by consumers and producers doesn’t change regardless of which party the tax is imposed onB. Market functions less efficiently, while not all suffer from a lossC. Both supply and demand curve have something to do with tax incidenceD. all of the above

Suppose that the government imposes a tax onheating oil.a. Would the deadweight loss from this tax likely begreater in the first year after it is imposed or in thefifth year? Explain.b. Would the revenue collected from this tax likely begreater in the first year after it is imposed or in thefifth year? Explain.

Suppose legislation is passed stating that a per unit tax of $.50 per gallon of gasoline must be paid by energy suppliers. Assuming demand for gasoline is more inelastic than supply of gasoline.  Will the tax discourage driving?  a. Not at all as the tax burden will be entirely on firms as it is required by law to pay it. b. Driving may decline but possibly only slightly as demand is inelastic. c. Driving will decline considerably regardless of how demand is inelastic. d. Driving may decline by a significant amount particularly if demand is perfectly inelastic.

The demand and supply functions for three (03) goods are given as follows: Dx = 100-3Px+Py+3Pz Dy = 80+Px-2Py-Pz Dz = 120+3Px-Py-4Pz Sx = -10+Px Sy = -20+3Py Sz = -30+2Pz  The equilibrium prices and quantities of all three goods are? The government decides to: a) Impose a 25% Tax on X? b) Impose a 5 Rs /unit Tax on Y? c) Give a 10% subsidy on good z? Analyze the impact of each of these policies separately on equilibrium prices and quantities? Analyze the impact of each of these policies separately on equilibrium prices and quantities?