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Government Intervention - Coggle Diagram
Government Intervention
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Indirect taxes
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- equilibrium quantity produced and consumed falls from Q* to Q1
- equilibrium price increases from P* to Pc (price paid by consumers)
- consumer expenditure on the goods: P x Q to Pc x Q1
- price received by the firm falls from P* to Pp, which is Pp=Pc-tax per unit
- the firm's revenue falls from P x Q to Pp x Q1
- government revenue: (Pc - Pp) x Q1
- under allocation of resources as Q1 less than Q*
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Why government impose indirect taxes
- Indirect taxes are source of government revenue
- Indirect taxes are a method to discourage consumption of goods that are harmful
- Indirect tax can be used to redistribute income
- Indirect taxes are method to improve allocation of resources