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

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

A government applies an indirect tax to a product whose demand and supply curves are normal. The tax raises $100 million. What impact will the tax have on the value of consumer surplus and producer surplus taken together?

  • AIt will be unaffected.
  • BIt will fall by less than $100 million.
  • CIt will fall by exactly $100 million.
  • DIt will fall by more than $100 million.

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