The deadweight loss due to a unit tax is measured as
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2 marks, −1Public EconomicsTaxation: incidence and efficiencyExcess burden and deadweight loss of taxationEasyabout 1 min
JNU SIS 2017 Question 19: Taxation: incidence and efficiency
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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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