Why must local governments pay attention to the types of products they tax. Describe in detail how the elasticity of these products impacts the expected revenue to be generated by these local Governments

Governments often attempt to boost the income of some agricultural producers with a variety of policies. We will discuss this in depth later in the course, but two approaches often discussed in introductory economics courses are quotas and production subsidies. Using basic supply and demand analysis, discuss how these policies work with emphasis on their similarities and differences. Does the elasticity of demand matter when comparing the policies?

Suppose a commodity tax is legally placed on paper manufacturers. How the tax is split between the consumers and producers depends on Group of answer choices the excludability of paper. who the law says must pay the tax. the elasticities of supply and demand. the politicians who drafted the tax.      PreviousNext

Suppose households supply 500 billion hours of labor per year and have a tax elasticity of supply of 0.16. If the tax rate is increased by 19.6 percent, by how many hours will the supply of labor decline? a) 28.67 billion b) 1.568 trillion c) 2.465 trillion  d) 3.422 trillion  e) 9.183 trillion

Suppose the demand curve for a good is highly elastic and the supply curve is highly inelastic. If the government taxes this good, O buyers and sellers will each share 50 percent of the burden, regardless of the elasticities of the demand and supply curves. sellers will bear a larger share of the tax burden. the distribution of the burden will depend upon whether the buyers or the sellers are required to send the tax to the government. buyers will bear a larger share of the tax burden.

If the demand for automobiles is price elastic and an excise tax is levied on sellers of automobiles that causes a 10% increase in the price of automobiles paid by buyers, then: The quantity demanded of automobiles will decrease by more than 10% and buyers will bear a proportionally larger share of the direct burden of the tax than sellers. The quantity demanded of automobiles will decrease by more than 10% and sellers will bear a proportionally larger share of the direct burden of the tax than buyers. The quantity demanded of automobiles will decrease by less than10% and total revenues from auto sales will increase. The quantity demanded of automobiles will decrease by less than 10% and total revenues from auto sales will decrease.

Question 2: Imposing a single-stage tax Assume that there are 1000 importers and manufacturers, 2,000 wholesalers, and 10,000 retailers. Each manufacturer (importer) has sales of $30,000,000 which is sold equally across wholesalers, and wholesalers put a 20% markup on the price before selling to retailers Then the goods are resold equally to 10,000 retailers and the retailers impose a 25% markup on it. Suppose the government needs to raise 4.5 billion with a single- stage sales tax, a. What would be the rate of tax the government needs to impose on the sales of importers and manufacturers to achieve the revenue target. b. What would be the rate of tax the government needs to impose on the sales of wholesalers to achieve the revenue target?

Consider the market described by the graph below where the vertical distance between points A and B represents a tax in the market. 22 20 10 16 14 12 10 Price Demand 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Supply Quantity The per-unit burden of the tax on buyers is $16 and the tax results in a loss of $2700 in consumer surplus. $6 and the tax results in a loss of $900 in consumer surplus $6 and the tax results in a loss of $2700 in consumer surplus. $16 and the tax results in a loss of $900 in consumer surplus. 2.5 po

Assuming that supply is somewhat elastic, the burden of a per unit tax is borne more by consumers themore elastic is the demand curve.Explain why above statements is True, False, or Uncertain according to economic principles. Use diagrams where appropriate.

if the demand curve is very inelastic and the supply curve is very elastic in the market then sellers will bear a greater burdeb of tax inposed on the market even if the tax imposed on buyers.True or false