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Principles of Microeconomics

N. GREGORY MANKIW

Chapter 8

Application: The Costs of Taxation - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

07:21

Problem 1

A tax on a good has a dead weight loss if
a. the reduction in consumer and producer surplus is
greater than the tax revenue.
b. the tax revenue is greater than the reduction in
consumer and producer surplus is greater than
the reduction in consumer surplus is greater than
c. the reduction in consumer surplus is greater than
the reduction in producer surplus.
d. the reduction in producer surplus is greater than
the reduction in consumer surplus.

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Problem 2

Sotia pays Sam $\$ 50$ to mow her lawn every week. When
the government levies a mowing tax of $\$ 10$ on Sam, he
raises his price to $\$ 60 .$ Sofia continues to hire him at
the higher price. What is the change in producer surplus, change in consumer surplus, and dead weight loss?
a. $\$ 0, \$ 0, \$ 10$
b. $\$ 0,-\$ 10, \$ 0$
c. $+\$ 10,-\$ 10, \$ 10$
d. $+\$ 10,-\$ 10, \$ 0$

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Problem 3

Eggs have a supply curve that is linear and
upward-sloping and a demand curve that is linear and
downward-sloping. If a 2 cent per egg tax is increased
to 3 cents, the dead weight loss of the tax
a. increases by less than 50 percent and may even
decline.
b. increases by exactly 50 percent.
c. increases by more than 50 percent.
d. The answer depends on whether supply or demand
is more elastic.

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Problem 4

Peanut butter has an upward-sloping supply curve
and a downward-sloping demand curve. If a 10 cent
per pound tax is increased to 15 cents, the government's tax revenue
a. increases by less than 50 percent and may even
decline.
b. increases by exactly 50 percent.
c. increases by more than 50 percent.
d. The answer depends on whether supply or demand
is more elastic.

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Problem 5

The Laffer curve illustrates that, in some circumstances, the government can reduce a tax on a good
and increase the
a. dead weight loss.
b. government's tax revenue.
c. equilibrium quantity.
d. price paid by consumers.

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Problem 6

If a policymaker wants to raise revenue by taxing
goods while minimizing the deadweight losses, he
should look for goods with ________ elasticities of
demand and ________ elasticities of supply.
a. Small, small
b. Small, large
c. large, small
d. large, large

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