Suppose a firm must pay an annual tax, which is a fixed sum, independent of whether it

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Suppose a firm must pay an annual tax, which is a fixed sum, independent of whether it produces any output.
a) How does this tax affect the firm’s fixed, marginal, and average costs?
b) Now suppose the firm is charged a tax that is proportional to the number of items it produces. Again, how does this tax affect the firm’s fixed, marginal, and average costs?
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-0132857123

8th edition

Authors: Robert Pindyck, Daniel Rubinfeld

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