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Shоrt аnswer. In 2023, Cоuntry K (а hypоtheticаl country) cut the corporate income tax rate from 25% to 10% for manufacturing firms located in six designated provinces. Manufacturing firms in all other provinces continued to pay 25%. The table shows average investment per manufacturing firm (in millions of local currency). 2021 2022 2024 Firms in the six designated provinces 40 44 52 Firms in all other provinces 60 64 66 Suppose that in 2023 the government also opened a new seaport and highway serving the six designated provinces. Would the assumption you stated in Question 12 still hold? Explain. If it would not, would the difference-in-differences estimate described in Question 12 be larger (upward bias) or smaller (downward bias) than the true, unknown effect of the tax cut? Explain in the text box.
Grаph questiоn Prоducing fertilizer cаuses runоff thаt pollutes nearby rivers, imposing a cost on downstream residents. Assume that the market for fertilizer is perfectly competitive, that demand and supply are neither perfectly elastic nor perfectly inelastic, and that each unit of fertilizer imposes an external cost of $2 on residents. a) Draw a graph with quantity on the horizontal axis and price on the vertical axis. Show the demand curve, the private supply curve, and the curve for the full social cost of producing fertilizer. Label the private market quantity, the socially optimal quantity, and the deadweight loss (DWL) caused by the externality. Then label the per-unit tax that would eliminate this DWL. b) Suppose the government imposes a tax of $4 per unit on fertilizer. On your graph, label the resulting quantity and any DWL. You may add to your graph from part (a) or draw a new one. Below your graph, briefly explain what happens to the quantity and the DWL compared with part (a), and why. Reminder — submitting graph questions: Draw/write your answers for graph questions directly on your scratch paper. Clearly label each question number. Holding work to the camera: At the end of the exam, hold up all scratch paper containing graph answers to the recording camera before you submit and exit the exam. Submitting graph work: Once you have submitted and exited Honorlock, you have 20 minutes to scan/photograph your paper and upload it to Canvas under “Midterm_graph questions”. Your submission must match the work you held up to the camera. Please make sure Canvas can open your uploaded files. Unreadable files will not receive any credit. Multiple uploads: I will grade your most recent upload unless you tell me otherwise. If you experience a technical issue (upload failure, Canvas outage, etc.) that prevents you from uploading within 20 minutes, immediately email me (apham16@gmu.edu) your answers and a timestamp/screenshot of the issue. Do not wait until after the window closes. Again, please make sure all attached files are readable.
Shоrt аnswer. Lenа is а nurse in Cоuntry H (a hypоthetical country). During the year: (i) The shares of stock she owns rose in value by $4,000. She has not sold them. (ii) She spent $800 on protective footwear that her hospital requires and that she does not wear outside work. (iii) She won $1,000 in a local raffle. Country H’s income tax does not tax item (i) until she sells the shares, does not allow her to deduct item (ii), and taxes item (iii). For each item, explain whether Country H’s tax treatment matches the Haig-Simons definition of income. Where it does not, give one practical reason why a tax system might deviate from Haig-Simons in this way. Answer succinctly in the text box.