P 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 5 10 10 15 20 20 25 30 30 35 35 40 40 45 45 50 50 Without a tax, the equilibrium price is $ 2.5 25 in the market for bread. Q and the equilibrium quantity is Recently, the government introduced a $1.50 tax on the producers of bread. Since the tax is on producers, consumer's statutory burden is $4 With the $1.50 tax, the quantity is now units. The consumers now pay for each bread, which makes consumer's economic burden equal to $ Producers now earn $ burden for producers equal to $ for each bread, which makes the economic
P 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 5 10 10 15 20 20 25 30 30 35 35 40 40 45 45 50 50 Without a tax, the equilibrium price is $ 2.5 25 in the market for bread. Q and the equilibrium quantity is Recently, the government introduced a $1.50 tax on the producers of bread. Since the tax is on producers, consumer's statutory burden is $4 With the $1.50 tax, the quantity is now units. The consumers now pay for each bread, which makes consumer's economic burden equal to $ Producers now earn $ burden for producers equal to $ for each bread, which makes the economic
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