How much consumer and producer surplus is transferred to the government as tax revenue? $
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Let inverse demand be P = D(Q) and inverse supply be P = S(Q). The pre-tax equilibrium (price P* and quantity Q*) solves D(Q*) = S(Q*). Show more…
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