The demand and supply functions for hockey sticks are given by:

QD= 286-20P

QS= 88 + 40P

In order to raise revenue to finance minor hockey so that Canada can continue its gold medal streakat the Olympics, the federal government decides to impose a tax of $2 per hockey stick sold, to bepaid by the buyers of hockey sticks.

a.Determine the equilibrium price and quantity of hockey sticks both before and after the tax.

How is the burden of the tax shared between buyers and sellers?

b.How many hockey sticks would be sold before the tax is imposed?After the tax?

c.Graph the supply and the demand curves for hockey sticks both before and after the tax,

clearly showing the intercepts and equilibrium outcomes.

d.What would happen if the tax were paid by the sellers of hockey sticks instead of the

buyers?