Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Maximum and minimum prices

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

The diagram shows how a negative income tax system (NIT) operates: households earning more than Yt pay tax, while those earning less than Yt obtain a tax credit. What would be the effects of reducing the effective tax rate, so that the NIT schedule moves from NIT1 to NIT2?

  • Aeffect on work incentives: decrease; effect on net tax revenue: increase
  • Beffect on work incentives: decrease; effect on net tax revenue: uncertain
  • Ceffect on work incentives: increase; effect on net tax revenue: increase
  • Deffect on work incentives: increase; effect on net tax revenue: uncertain

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