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Consider a perfectly competitive market, with demand given by and supply given by The government imposes a per unit tax of T=2. What is the new producer surplus after the imposition of the tax?
Supply = 20- Q, Demand P = Q
18
27
9
None of the other answers is correct.
81
Answer Summary:
The supply curve after tax will be P = Q + 2. The producer surplus is the area above the supply curve and below the price line. The producer surplus after tax is equal to (81/2) i.e 40.5. Thus, none of the given answers are correct.
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