Why might a tax be inefficient?

Q: To determine the optimal amount of a public good to supply, the government must know Question…

A: The objective of the question is to identify the information that the government needs to determine…

Q: The diagram below shows supply and demand diagrams (S and D) for some product. The government then…

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Q: PRICE 16 14 12 9 616 10 432 Demand 1 2 3 45 QUANTITY Supply 11 Assume that the government imposes a…

A: Consumer surplus is the area above the market price and below the demand curve. Producer surplus is…

Q: Refer to Figure 8-5. Which area represents the loss in total welfare resulting from the levying of…

A: A deadweight loss, often referred to as deadweight loss of taxation or simply deadweight, is an…

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A: In a market, government receives a tax revenue equals to the multiplication of tax rate and quantity…

Q: All of the following are sources of inefficiency except: a. public goods. b. the invisible hand. c.…

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Q: 1-The excess burden of a tax refers to: Select one: a. how much producers lose in surplus from the…

A: In financial matters, tax incidence or tax burden is the impact of a specific tax on the…

Q: Price (P) S2 (after tax) S, (before tax) Тах $35 $30 $25 $20 D 90 100 Quantity (Q) e diagram above…

A: Answer: option d ($10) Explanation: The S2 has shifted up by $10 at each quantity. So the tax amount…

Q: 5) The following graph shows the effect of a per-ticket tax on plane tickets from Boston to Tampa.…

A: Tax imposed on producer lead to a shift in supply curve leftwards but the incidence of tax can be…

Q: A tax will be split equally between buyers and sellers when:

A: Taxes are defined as mandatory contributions which are levied on individuals or corporations by the…

Q: QUESTION 9 Refer to Figure 1. The government tax revenue is $. price $13 $10 $8 $4 $ 1 B Si So A 10…

A: Govt revenue refers to the total amount of money that a govt collects from various sources to fund…

Q: Figure 8-7 Price $22 20- 18- 16 14 12 10. 8 6- 4- 2 0 -Tax- 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 D .a. $4 X…

A: Tax is an amount paid by sellers to government.Tax is an important tool for government to control…

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A: When $3 per unit tax is imposed on the product, the initial supply will reduce and the supply curve…

Q: 10) The llowing graph shows the rect or a per O $150 thousand O $3,000 thousand O $6,000 thousand…

A: A deadweight loss is the price of market inefficiency, which occurs when supply and demand are out…

Q: Look at the provided figure. Which area represents the tax revenue after the tax? Amount of the tax…

A: Taxes are the necessary payments that the agents within the nation have to make to the government.…

Q: Tax incidence usually falls A. only on producers. B. on both consumers and producers. C. only on…

A: Tax incidence is the division the burden of tax falls between producers and consumers. The burden of…

Q: In general, increasing a tax on a seller blank A. increases the amount buyers purchase B. increase…

A: In order to get the tax revenue, government chooses to tax on either buyer and seller.

Q: overnments use taxes to raise revenue. If governments increase the tax rate, is this uaranteed to…

A: Tax revenue is product of size of tax and the quantity sold at this taxed price.

Q: 2.) Tax incidence is always highest for the side of the market that a.) Has the lowest legal tax…

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Q: (e) Draw a demand and supply diagram with a tax on the sale of the good. Show the quantity sold with…

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Q: Which of the following is an example of an exemption?

A: Exemptions are mentioned in the law and these exemption reduces the taxable income. Government…

Q: Supply of a good is more elastic than the demand for the good. Who will bear the larger burden of…

A: Taxation refers to per unit tax imposed by the government of the country on some particular goods or…

Q: I# u tax Muvenu will be. Size is AB. then te tax 22 16 10 6. Demand 2. 00 600 a) $600 b) $ 800 5500…

A: A tax is a unilateral payment that the public need to make towards the government for various…

Q: Figure 4-22 Price Market (a) Market (b) Pricel D Quantity Quantity Refer to Figure 4-22. In which…

A: Elasticity measures the responsiveness of quantity to changes in the price level

Q: Suppose a commodity tax is legally placed on paper manufacturers. How the tax is split between the…

A: The burden of tax is shared by both consumers and producers irrespective on whom the tax is imposed.

Q: ut Figure 8-4 . Price $24 16 10- a. $16 b. $14 X c. $6 d. $8 Tax Figure 8-5 70 Refer to Figure 8-4.…

A: An imposition of tax creates a wedge between the price buyers pay and the  price sellers…

Q: Sellers of a product will bear the larger part of the tax burden, and buyers will bear a smaller…

A: Tax burden is the proportion or percentage of the tax that a seller or consumer faces when the…