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CORRECTING SPILLOVER COSTS
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Spillovercosts
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CORRECTING SPILLOVER BENFITS
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Subsidy toconsumerincreasesdemand
UnderallocationCorrected
Correcting by Subsidy to Consumers
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Subsidy toproducersincreases
supply
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UnderallocationCorrected
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Correcting by Subsidy to ProducersCORRECTING SPILLOVER BENFITS
S = Supply of pollution rights
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Quantity of pollution rights500 750 1000
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Market for Externality Rights
SOCIETY’S OPTIMAL AMOUNTOF EXTERNALITY REDUCTION
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Socially optimumamount ofpollution
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Amount of pollution abatement
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Apportioning the Tax Burden• Benefits-received principle• Ability-to-pay principle• Types
– Progressive• Average Rate increases as income increases• Ex. Federal Income Tax
– Proportional (Flat)• Average rate remains the same regardless of income• Ex. Corporate Income Tax (35%)
– Regressive• Average rate declines as income increases• Ex. Sales Tax
Incidence and Elasticity
20 40 60 80 100
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CompleteInequality
Lorenz Curve (actual distribution)
Area betweenthe lines shows
the degree ofincome inequality
Lorenz curveafter taxes and
transfers
THE LORENZ CURVE
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