Arnie has an income of Y and spends it only on food and music. Let P F

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Arnie has an income of Y and spends it only on food and music. Let PF and PM denote the price of food and music, respectively, and denote the quantities by QF and QM. In the absence of taxes, Arnie’s budget constraint is Y = PFQF + PMQM. Now suppose an ad valorem tax of 25 percent is imposed on both food and music. What income tax rate is equivalent to this commodity tax?

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Public Finance In Canada

ISBN: 9781259030772

5th Canadian Edition

Authors: Harvey S. Rosen, Ted Gayer, Jean-Francois Wen, Tracy Snoddon

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