An excise tax is a tax that is levied on
A) the value of a piece of property.
B) the purchase of a given good or service.
C) the value of an estate.
D) that part of a person's income coming from interest payments.
B
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In the figure above, what is the loss of consumer surplus if the firm is a perfectly price-discriminating monopoly instead of a perfectly competitive industry?
A) $0 B) $22.50 C) $45.00 D) $90.00
According to a New York Times article, shoppers from New York City have played a game of "retail arbitrage" by shopping at malls in Northern New Jersey, a state where there is no tax on clothing and shoes
Even after accounting for transactions costs, shoppers could still save money on their clothing and footwear purchases. Source: Ken Belson and Nate Schweber, "Sales Tax Cut in City May Dim Allure of Stores Across Hudson," New York Times, January 18, 2007. Is the term "arbitrage" correctly used here? A) Yes, arbitrage applies even if no resale takes place; in this case the profits are pocketed by the customers themselves. B) No, "arbitrage" does not apply to markets that are not in the same geographic area. C) No, "arbitrage" means buying at a low price and reselling at a higher price but no resale takes place here. D) Yes, because shoppers were able to purchase items at lower prices even after deducting their transactions costs.