Microeconomics 6th Edition by Robert Hall, Shirley Kuiper, Marc Lieberman

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Figure 1 shows the deadweight loss from a tax on airline tickets when demand is less elastic than in Figure 2.
a. What is the annual deadweight loss from the tax in dollars? [See the hint in the previous problem.]
b. What is the annual government revenue from the tax in dollars?
c. Use your answers above to calculate the deadweight loss per dollar of government revenue.
Figure 1 Deadweight Loss from a Tax When Demand Is More Inelastic

Figure 2 Deadweight Loss from an Excise Tax