Unit 6 Flashcards
private good
not produced by gov
- Rivalry
- Excludability
public good
produced by gov
- non-rivalry
- non-excludability
effciency losses in public goods
MB>MC
quasi-public goods
underproduced by private sector, benefit beyond individulal buyers (education, police, etc)
gov expenditure
- purchases (exhaustive)
2. transfer payments
transfer payments
nonexhuastive (don’t create, SS or welfare)
propietary income
lottery, tolls
spending
- pensions
- defense
- healthcare
- interest
revenue
- personal income tax
- Corporate tax
- payroll tax
- sales + excise tax
deductions
donations, mortage, etc
*marg tax rate is highest paid > find AVG tax rate
corporate tax
on profit, old (35%) v new(20-25%), progressive
payroll tax
taken out of paycheck, regressive
FICA
social security+medicare, proportional
sales/excise tax
sin tax, proportional
tax burden
- benefits recieved principle
2. ability to pay principle
benefits recieved principle
use service, pay taxes to finance
probs:
1. how gov determine benefits?
2. can’t apply to certain programs
ability to pay principle
based on income, how much afforded
progressive
income increase, % rate increase (personal income tax)
regressive
rate decreases as income increases (sales tax, payroll, property)
proportional
same for all (sales, corporate)
tax incidence
degree to which tax falls on person
tax elasiticty
more demand inelestic = more tax shifted to consumer
elastic = seller takes on
effciency loss
DWL, society sacrifice net benefits, greater elasticity=great loss
- taxes may have=revenue not social cost
minimize effciency loss
redistributive goals:
- taxes redristribute income
- reduce negative externalities