Chapter 19: Price Distorting Taxes and Subsidies

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Statutory versus Economic Incidence of Taxes     Voice-Over

The Economic Incidence of a Subsidy     Voice-Over

Price Elasticities and the Relative Burden of Taxes on Buyers and Sellers     Voice-Over

Taxes and Market Output as Economic Agents become more Price-Responsive     Voice-Over

Dead Weight Loss when Tastes are Quasilinear     Voice-Over

Dead Weight Loss from Wage Taxes when Labor Supply is Perfectly Inelastic     Voice-Over

DeadWeight Loss from Subsidies for Saving when Saving Behavior is Perfectly Inelastic     Voice-Over

Dead Weight Loss and Tax Revenue when Tastes are Quasilinear     Voice-Over

A 50% Tax on Land Rents     Voice-Over

Welfare Changes with Quasilinear Demand     Voice-Over

Deadweight Loss from a Wage Tax     Voice-Over