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Taxes/ consumers, producers, and the efficiency of Markets/ Application: The costs of taxation
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
11/04/2007

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Term
Consumer Surplus
Definition
the amount a buyer is willing to pay for a good minus the amount the buyer actually pays for it.


area above price and below demand curve.
Term
Change in Consumer Surplus
Definition
Area between P1 and P2
Term
Producer Surplus
Definition
The amount a seller is paid for a good minus the seller's cost of providing it.

The area below price and above the Supply curve
Term
Marginal cost goes with the _______ curve.
Definition
Supply
Term
Marginal Value goes with the ______ curve.
Definition
Demand
Term
What is the formula to maximize Total Surplus
Definition
Demand Curve - Supply Curve.
or
individual Valuations - Firms Costs.
Term
Who should Consume
Definition
People who value it most, or have highest willingness to pay
Term
Who Should Produce?
Definition
Firms with lowest cost to produce
Term
Efficiency is achieved when society_______________.
Definition
is organized to maximize total surplus
Term
Increase output when___________.
Definition
marginal value is greater than marginal cost.
Term
Reduce output when ________________.
Definition
marginal cost is greater than marginal value.
Term
What three things occur when a tax is added?
Definition
1) price to consumers increases
2) Price to producers decreases
3) equilibrium quantity falls
Term
taxes create
Definition
Inefficiencies
Term
Inefficiencies associated with taxes?
Definition
Lost producer/consumer surplus
Term
Dead Weight Loss arises out of_____________.
Definition
change in equilibrium quantity.
Term
As tax increases, DWL increases by___________
Definition
the square of the tax.
Term
Producer Cost
Definition
below Q and Below S curve.
Term
Dead Weight Loss is greater when the demand/supply curve is_______.
Definition
More Elastic
Term
Tax Incidence
Definition
the manner in which the burden of a tax is shared among participants in a market.
Term
a tax burdon falls more heavily on the side of the market that is______ elastic.
Definition
less
Term
Willingness to pay
Definition
the maximum amount that a buyer will pay for a good
Term
The perfectly competitive market price is efficient because it___________.
Definition
Maximizes TOTAL SURPLUS
Term
Firms eat the whole tax when_______.
Definition
the supply curve is PERFECTLY INELASTIC.
Term
Whatever curve is more ___________ bears the bigger burdon of the tax
Definition
INELASTIC
Term
Tax revenue is the same as _______.
Definition
the change in consumer surplus
Term
Perfectly competitive markets produce the same level of output as a _______.
Definition
total surplus maximizing social planner.
Term
Nick produces cookies. He sells them for 2 dollars a dozen. He realizes his producer surplus is 10. what is his total cost?
Definition
12 dollars
Term
nicole- 5
bruce-8
evan-5
mary-10.

If the market price for mowing lawns is 5 dollars, what is the TOTAL CONSUMER SURPLUS?
Definition
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Term
What is the Dead Weight Loss of a tax?
Definition
The reduction in total surplus that results from the tax
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