Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781260507140
Author: David C. Colander
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 5QE
(a)
To determine
Illustrate the welfare loss, when the supply is perfectly elastic.
(b)
To determine
Illustrate the welfare loss, when a tax ‘t’ is placed on suppliers.
(c)
To determine
Illustrate the welfare loss, when a subsidy‘s’ is given to suppliers.
(d)
To determine
Illustrate the welfare loss, when the demand is perfectly elastic.
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a)Show in four diagrams the incidence of an indirect (specific) tax in the case of elastic and inelastic demand and elastic and inelastic supply.
b)Consider supply in the long run. Assume that a specific tax is imposed on a good that was previously untaxed. How will the incidence of this tax change as time passes?
Which of the following causes for an increase in the supply of a product?
a.
An increase in the rate of tax
b.
An increase in the cost of production
c.
An increase in subsidy
d.
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