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drek231 [11]
3 years ago
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Suppose you are an aide to a U.S. Senator who is concerned about the impact of a recently proposed excise tax on the welfare of

her constituents. You explained to the Senator that one way of measuring the impact on her constituents is to determine how the tax change affects the level of consumer surplus enjoyed by the constituents. Based on your arguments, you are given the go-ahead to conduct a formal analysis, and obtain the following estimates of demand and supply:
Qd=500-5P
Qs-2P-60
(a) What are the equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price? Graph your solution.
(b) If a $2 excise tax is levied on this good, what will happen to the equilibrium price and quantity? Show the changes in your graph from part (a).
(c) How much tax revenue does the government earn with the $2 tax?
Business
1 answer:
Molodets [167]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

(a) P = 80 and Q= 100

(b) P = 80.57 and Q= 97.15

(c) Tax revenue = 194.3

Explanation:

Qd= 500 - 5P

Qs = 2P - 60

(a)

In equilibrium

Qd = Qs \\500 - 5P = 2P - 60 \\7P = 560 \\P = 80 \\

Putting this value of P back into the Qd or Qs equation

Qd = 500 - 5p\\Q = 500 - 5 (80) \\Q = 500 - 400 \\Q = 100

Thus, equilibrium price is 80 and equilibrium quantity is 100

(b)

When a tax is imposed the supply curve shifts up to the left by the amount of the tax. The new supply curve is given by

Qs = 2(P-2) - 60 \\Qs = 2p - 4 - 60 \\Qs = 2P - 64

The new equilibrium is

Qd = Qs \\500 - 5P = 2P - 64 \\7P = 564\\P = 80.57 \\

Substitute it into Qs or Qd we get

Q = 500 - 5 (80.57 ) \\Q = 97.15

(c)

Tax revenue = Tax rate * Quantity \\                      = 2 * 97.15\\                      = 194.3

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