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A country which does not tax cigarettes is considering the
introduction of a $0.40 per pack tax. The
economic advisors to the country estimate the supply and demand
curves for cigarettes as:
QD = 140,000 - 25,000P QS = 20,000 + 75,000P,
where Q = daily sales in packs of cigarettes, and P = price per
pack. The country has hired you to provide
the following information regarding the cigarette market and the
proposed tax.
a. What are the equilibrium values in the current environment with
no tax?
b. What price and quantity would prevail after the imposition of
the tax? How much do buyers now pay?
How much do produces receive?
c. How much revenue is raised by the tax?
d. Calculate the deadweight loss from the tax.
e. Based on your answer in (b), is supply or demand more elastic?
Explain.