ECONOM 1014 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Opportunity Cost, Deadweight Loss, Demand Curve

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6. 2 who ultimately pays the tax does not depend on who writes the check to the government. Supply and demand determines who pays for the tax. Producers consider a tax an increase in cost so the supply curve is shifted upwards with added taxes. A tax of does not raise the price by because sellers split the tax with buyers the match the new equilibrium price. A tax on sellers has exactly the same effect as a tax on buyers because it shifts the demand and supply curves. 6. 3 who ultimately pays the tax depends on the relative elasticities of supply & The wedge shortcut: determines how the burden of the tax is shared between buyers and sellers. When demand is more elastic than supply, buyers pay less of the tax than sellers (when demand is flatter, sellers pay the tax) When supply is more elastic than demand, buyers pay more of the tax.

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