Suppose that a city government introduces a $0.50 excise (commodity) tax on consumers of bottles of...
The graph below shows a hypothetical market for salt. Suppose that an excise or commodity tax is levied on consumers in an attempt to curb blood pressure problems. Show the effect of the tax by shifting the appropriate curve(s). Who has the larger tax burden? Producers (suppliers) Consumers (buyers) The tax burdens are equal Why is the tax burden as you described in in the question above? Supply is less elastic than demand. Demand is more elastic than supply. Both...
The graphs show the market for bags of potato chips, which is currently at an equilibrium price of $1.33 per bag and an equilibrium quantity of 5.33 million bags. Suppose that, in an attempt to lower blood pressure and reduce healthcare costs, the government imposes a $1.00 excise (or commodity) tax on potato chips Suppose the government levies this tax on manufacturers for each bag of potato chips they produce. Please shift the appropriate curve or curves to illustrate this...
5. Calculating tax incidence Suppose that the U.S. government decides to charge wine consumers a tax. Before the tax, 35 million bottles of wine were sold every month at a price of $4 per bottle. After the tax, 30 million bottles of wine are sold every month; consumers pay $6 per bottle (including the tax), and producers receive $3 per bottle. The amount of the tax on a bottle of wine is _______ per bottle. Of this amount, the burden that falls...
5. Calculating tax incidence Suppose that the U.S. government decides to charge wine consumers a tax. Before the tax, 30 billion bottles of wine were sold every year at a price of $6 per bottle. After the tax, 23 billion bottles of wine are sold every year; consumers pay $9 per bottle (including the tax), and producers receive per bottle. The amount of the tax on a bottle of wine is _______ per bottle. Of this amount, the burden that falls on...
11. The goals of optimal income taxation include all of the following EXCEPT: a. maximizing tax revenue. b. minimizing the distortions due to taxation. c. maximizing the nation's social welfare function. d. achieving vertical equity. 12. Suppose that the elasticities of demand for apples, bananas, and peaches are –0.9, –1.6, and –0.8, respectively. Assume that all else is identical in these three products and that an identical tax is levied on each good. Rank the products from highest to lowest...