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12.13 Price Controls, Taxes, Subsidies, and Deadweight Loss Worksheet

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Price Controls, Taxes, Subsidies, and Deadweight Loss: Select the policy outcome or graph that correctly shows the effect of a price control, tax, subsidy, or quota. Aligned to Integrated Grade 12 Economics & Financial Literacy Framework (C3, CEE, NSPFE, CCSS RH/WHST 11-12, AP Micro/Macro, NAEP, and selected state frameworks) 12.13 - Price Controls, Taxes, Subsidies, and Deadweight Loss: Select the policy outcome or graph that correctly shows the effect of a price control, tax, subsidy, or quota. Standards alignment: C3 D2.Eco.6-8.9-12; CEE Econ 7-8, 16-17; AP Micro U2/U6; CCSS RH.11-12.7-8; NAEP Econ: Market/Public Context; CA HSS-PoE.12.2.6, 12.3; FL SS.912.FL.

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A quota limits output to 500 units. A later excise tax would, by itself, reduce output only to 650 units. If both policies are enforced, what determines market quantity?

AThe policies cancel out, so quantity returns to the original equilibrium.

BThe quantity becomes 1,150 units because the two policy quantities are added.

CThe tax determines quantity at 650 units because taxes always override quotas.

DThe stricter quota determines quantity at 500 units, though the tax can still affect prices and transfers.

Solution & Explanation:When a binding quota is more restrictive than the tax-induced quantity, the quota fixes the legal quantity. The tax may change the distribution of surplus but not the quantity limit.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Use the rent-ceiling graph in the image. Which quantity determines the number of units actually exchanged at the controlled rent?

AThe midpoint between quantity supplied and quantity demanded.

BQuantity demanded, because every renter willing to pay the legal price gets a unit.

CQuantity supplied, because landlords offer fewer units than renters demand at the ceiling.

DThe original equilibrium quantity, because price controls change only price.

Solution & Explanation:At a binding ceiling, the short side of the market limits transactions. The number of units traded is the quantity supplied at the controlled price.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

In a competitive labor market, a minimum wage is set above equilibrium. Which phrase best avoids a common overgeneralization?

AThe wage floor has no effect because wages are not prices.

BIn every possible labor market, any minimum wage always reduces employment by the same amount.

CThe wage floor is a price ceiling because workers sell labor.

DIn the competitive model, the wage floor creates a surplus of labor; other labor-market models may add conditions not shown here.

Solution & Explanation:The standard competitive model treats a minimum wage as a binding floor above equilibrium, creating a surplus of labor. The phrase also recognizes that the model's assumptions matter.

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