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Economics

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    Its a game about max and min prices, taxes, and subsidies
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  • Maximum price should be fixed above the equilibrium. True or False?
    False
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  • Who does minimum price controls protect?
    The sellers
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  • A consequence of minimum oprice:
    There is more supply than demand, which produces a surplus
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  • What is deadweight loss?
    It is the inefficient allocation of resources, because suppliers could sell more and buyers are willing to pay more. It is the consequence of a price ceiling
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  • What type of people does a subsidy involve?
    It involves an individual, a business, or institution, that receives a benefit from the government.
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  • What is a subsidy?
    It is a financial support to a supplier, occasionally to consumers. It usually involves a tax reduction, a payment, loans or a rebate.
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  • What is a production subsidy?
    It is a 'loan' Provided in order to encourage the production of a product. In order for manufacturers to increase their production output, the government compen
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  • What happens if the government introduces a subsidy on a producer?
    A fall in their unit costs will lead to an outward shift of the market supply curve (shifts down), Lower equilibrium price, Increase in the equilibrium quantity
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  • The elasticity of demand will affect the likely consequences of the subsidy. True or False?
    True
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  • What is a tax?
    charges imposed by government on people or businesses
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  • Difference between direct and indirect taxation?
    A direct tax is one that the taxpayer pays directly to the government. An indirect tax is one that can be passed on to another person or group by the owner
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  • What is an consumer incidence of tax?
    The proportional of total tax revenue paid by costumers (for indirect taxes)
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  • What is a producer incidence of tax?
    The proportional of total tax revenue paid by producers (for indirect taxes)
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  • what is the incidence of taxes?
    It is an economic term for understanding the division of a tax burden between stakeholders, such as buyers and sellers or producers and consumers.
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  • What happens with the supply and quantity demanded of a market when a tax is imposed to a company?
    .
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  • What is the difference between the impact and the incidence of a tax?
    Impact refers to the initial burden of the tax, while incidence refers to the ultimate burden of the tax.
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