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7. Effect of a tax on buyers and sellers The following graph shows the daily market for jeans. Suppose the government institutes a tax of $40.60 per pair. This places a wedge between the price buyers pay and the price sellers receive. 200 T 180 160 Demand Supply 140 亩 120 100 Tax Wedge ш80 0 60 «М》 20 0 100 200 300 400 500 60 700 800 001000 QUANTITY (Pairs of jeans) Fill in the following table with the quantity sold, the price buyers pay, and the price sellers receive before and after the tax. O Type here to search

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Q 500 420 BUYER PRICE SELLER PRICE before tax after tax TAX BURDEN dTxQafter tax 100 105.2 2184 4.62 100 64.6 14868

the burden of the tax falls more heavily on the inelastic side of the market. i.e. sellers here.

Before tax price, and quantity is determined from the equality of demand and supply curve.

Price elasticity of demand = Change in quantity demanded x original price/ change in price x original quantity

Price elasticity of supply = Change in quantity supplied x original price/ change in price x original quantity

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