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Chapter 8
Application: The Cost of Taxation
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
12/12/2011

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Taxes cause consumer and producer surplus to...
Definition
fall.
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Deadweight Loss
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The fall in total surplus that results from a market distortion
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The size of deadweight loss is determined by...
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price elasticity
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If supply is inelastic, then deadweight loss is....
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small.
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If supply is elastic, then deadweight loss is...
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large.
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If demand is inelastic, then deadweight loss is...
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small.
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If demand is elastic, then deadweight loss is...
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large.
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The bigger the tax, the _____ the deadweight loss.
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bigger
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The Laffer curve measures the fact that...
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as a taxes gets bigger, they hit a certain point where revenue decreases.
Upside down U shape.
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