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Intermediate Microeconomics and Its Application 12th Edition by Walter Nicholson,Christopher Snyder

Edition 12ISBN: 978-1133189022
book Intermediate Microeconomics and Its Application 12th Edition by Walter Nicholson,Christopher Snyder cover

Intermediate Microeconomics and Its Application 12th Edition by Walter Nicholson,Christopher Snyder

Edition 12ISBN: 978-1133189022
Exercise 33
Consider the following possible schemes for taxing a monopoly:
i. A proportional tax on profits
ii. A tax on each unit produced
iii. A proportional tax on the gap between price and marginal cost
a. Explain how each of these taxes would affect the monopolist's profit-maximizing output choice. Would the tax increase or decrease the deadweight loss from monopoly?
b. Graph your results for these three cases.
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(a)The imposition of profit tax is the r...

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