Microeconomics

The figure above illustrates the market for antifreeze. Suppose the government decides to impose an ...

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Is the deadweight loss from a sales tax on a product larger the more inelastic the demand for the good?

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Consider the market for dining at Mexican restaurants. Suppose the price elasticity of demand for ...

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Suppose the government decides to tax salt. The demand for salt is inelastic and the supply is quite ...

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Explain under what conditions a sales tax on a specific good would be paid entirely by buyers.

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How does the elasticity of demand affect the incidence of a tax?

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The supply curve of sand is horizontal so the supply of sand is perfectly ________. A tax of 1 cent ...

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If a tax of 5 cents a tomato lowers the price received by tomato sellers by 5 cents a tomato, then ...

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The demand curve for blue marker pens horizontal so the demand is perfectly ________. A tax of 50 ...

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Most of a tax hike will be paid by workers if the demand for labor is ________ and the supply of ...

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Which of the following taxes guarantees vertical equity? i.income taxii.Social Security tax on ...

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To levy a tax based on the benefits principle to pay for a bridge, the government

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The figure above shows the impact of an income tax. The deadweight loss created by the income tax equals area

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A sales tax on cigarettes would likely decrease the quantity demanded by a smaller amount

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Which of the following is true? i. If demand is perfectly elastic, the tax creates no deadweight ...

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Which of the following is true? i. If supply is perfectly inelastic, the tax creates no deadweight ...

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Which of the following is true? i. A tax on buyers has the same effect as the same sized tax on ...

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If neither the demand nor the supply for goods or labor is perfectly inelastic, then a sales tax on ...

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We can see the inefficiencies created by a sales tax because

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If the demand curve for hamburgers is downward sloping and the supply curve for hamburgers is upward ...

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The phrase "tax incidence" refers to

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The figure above shows the demand (D) and supply (S) curves for insulin before any tax is imposed. ...

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The figure above shows the market for MP3 players, where S is the supply curve and D is the demand ...

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Consider the table showing tax rates for a country: Taxable incomeMarginal tax ...

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Compared to taxes on labor income, taxes on capital income generate ________ deadweight loss and are ...

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