Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 117

Short Answer

Please define the following key terms.
-Petrarch

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Definitions:

Excess Burden

The excess burden of a tax is the cost to society in economic welfare that exceeds the revenue raised by the government, often due to distorted market behaviors.

Perfectly Inelastic

A market condition where demand or supply does not change in response to price changes, represented by a vertical line on a graph.

Tax

A financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer by a governmental organization in order to fund various public expenditures.

Tax Revenue

Money collected by governments through the imposition of taxes.