You are the manager of medium-sized company that deals in production of make-ups in Ghana. Suppose one morning you heard on the news that the government has imposed a lump sum tax on every unit of make-up sold in the market. In addition, suppose during the same period, the price of a leading substitute product decreases along with the change the effect of the tax mentioned above, how would you expect the equilibrium price and quantity of make-up to change assuming the effect of the lump sum tax is larger? [Illustrate by using a graph].

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You are the manager of medium-sized company that deals in production of make-ups in Ghana. Suppose one morning you heard on the news that the government has imposed a lump sum tax on every unit of make-up sold in the market. In addition, suppose during the same period, the price of a leading substitute product decreases along with the change the effect of the tax mentioned above, how would you expect the equilibrium price and quantity of make-up to change assuming the effect of the lump sum tax is larger? [Illustrate by using a graph].

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