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what is Deadweight loss?
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the fall in total surplus that results from a market distortion, such as tax
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what affects DWL?
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price elasticities of supply and demand (inelastic small) (elastic large)
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DWL (y) and Tax size (x) graph shape
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exponential
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Tax revenue (y) and tax size (x) graph shape
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mound (laffer curve)
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small tax yields what size dwl?
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small dwl small revenue
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medium tax yields what size dwl?
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large dwl large revenue
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large tax yields what size dwl?
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large dwl small revenue