Use the following graph of the market for cigarettes to answer the questions. a. According to the

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Use the following graph of the market for cigarettes to answer the questions.
Price S2 (dollars per pack) Government tax on cigarettes $5.50 4.50 4.25 Quantity (billions of packs per year) 18 20

a. According to the graph, how much is the government tax on cigarettes?
b. What price do producers receive after paying the tax?
c. How much tax revenue does the government collect?
d. How would the graph be different if the tax were collected from the buyers of cigarettes?
e. If the tax were collected from buyers, what would be the new equilibrium price that buyers pay producers of cigarettes?
f. Including the tax, what would be the total amount that cigarette buyers pay per pack?

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Economics

ISBN: 978-0134106243

6th edition

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard

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