Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781260507140
Author: David C. Colander
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 20QE
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To determine
Demonstrate the effect of tax using the demand and supply curve.
(b)
To determine
Describe the effect of tax in natural gas price in Argentina.
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A. What effect will each of the following have on the demand for product B?
1. Product B becomes more fashionable.
2. The price of substitute product C falls.
3. A decline in incomes if B is an inferior product.
4. Consumers anticipate the price of B will be lower in the near future.
5. The price of complementary product D falls.
6. Foreign tariff barriers on B are eliminated.
B. What effect will each of the following have on the supply for product B?
1. A technological advance in the methods of producing B.
2. A decline in the number of firms in industry B.
3. An increase in the price of resources required in the produUction of B.
4. The expectation that the equilibrium price of B will be lower in the future than it is
currently.
5. A decline in the price of product A, a good whose production requires substantially the
same techniques as does the production of B.
6. The levying of a specific sales tax upon B.
7. The granting of a 50-cent per unit subsidy of B produced.
Chapter 4 Solutions
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