Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Taxes and subsidies

Taxes and subsidies — practice question

(a)[8]

Explain what is meant by the incidence of an indirect tax and consider how far it is possible for the burden of that tax to move from a producer of a good to a consumer of that good.

(b)[12]

Assess the extent to which a government should subsidise the production of merit goods in order to increase consumption of these goods.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Incidence of tax = share of the tax burden falling on producer and/or consumer.

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