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Questions › CUET-PG › CUET-PG 2019 › Q99
4 marks, −1Public Economics › Taxation: incidence and efficiency › Excess burden and deadweight loss of taxationModerateabout 1 min

CUET-PG 2019 Question 99: Taxation: incidence and efficiency

The total reduction in output due to the imposition of a tax is known as

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This question is on Excess burden and deadweight loss of taxation, part of Taxation: incidence and efficiency in Public Economics.

The efficiency cost of a tax beyond the revenue it raises.

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