Exam 7: Taxation and Government Intervention

The price of gasoline is generally higher in Hawaii than in the continental United States. Therefore, the Hawaiian legislature passed a law forbidding gas stations from charging a price higher than the average price of gas on the West Coast of the United States. This is an example of:

Demonstrate graphically and explain verbally that the welfare loss of a tax on suppliers will be smaller the less elastic is demand.

Refer to the graphs shown. In which graph is there no consumer surplus either with or without a per-unit tax?

Refer to the graph shown. When the market is in equilibrium, consumer surplus is equal to:

Refer to the graph shown. An effective price ceiling at Pc imposes a deadweight loss shown by:

If elasticity of demand is 1.8, elasticity of supply is 0.2, and a 20 percent excise tax is levied on the good:

Refer to the graph shown. If the price of this product fell from $10 to $8, producer surplus would fall from:

Refer to the graph shown. If the government imposed a price ceiling of $4, producer surplus would:

Refer to the graph shown. An effective price floor at $8 imposes a deadweight loss of:

Refer to the graph shown. An effective price ceiling at Pc causes producer surplus to:

Refer to the graph shown. The difference between total surplus in equilibrium and total surplus when price is $8.15 and quantity is 220 is:

Refer to the graph shown. An effective price floor at P_f causes consumer surplus to:

Demonstrate graphically and explain verbally how a price ceiling may be viewed as essentially a tax and subsidy scheme.

If price is increased by law from a market equilibrium value of $5 to a higher value of $6:

Refer to the graph shown. Given the same supply elasticity, the burden of a 10 percent tax would be borne the most by the consumer in segment:

Refer to the graph shown. With an effective price floor at $8, total surplus is reduced by:

Refer to the graph shown. Assume that the market is initially in equilibrium at a price of $6 and a quantity of 40 units. If the government imposes a $2 per-unit tax on this product, equilibrium quantity will change to:

Refer to the graph shown. Assume that the market is initially in equilibrium at a price of $10 and a quantity of 500 units. If the government imposes a $4 per-unit tax on this product, the deadweight loss from the tax will be:

When the Federal government reinstated a 10% excise tax on airline tickets,the industry wanted to pass on the full 10% ticket tax but was only able to boost fares by 4%. (a)What can you conclude regarding the elasticity of demand for airline tickets? (b)If you know that elasticity of demand is 2 and the elasticity of supply is 1,who bears the larger burden of the tax? (c)Show the incidence of the tax graphically.

Refer to the graph shown. If the price were at the market equilibrium price, the total surplus would be the combination of the areas: