In 2000, Three Candidates Appeared on Virtually All Ballots in the US

question 11

Essay

In 2000, three candidates appeared on virtually all ballots in the US Presidential election: George W.Bush, Al Gore and Ralph Nadar.Bush arguably won the election by 537 votes in Florida where Ralph Nadar received nearly 100,000 votes.It is often argued that Al Gore would have won the election had Ralph Nadar not been on the ballot in Florida.Discuss how this suggests that the social choice process the US uses to elect Presidents does not satisfy the Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives (IIA) assumption in Arrow's theorem.

Analyze the distribution of tax burdens between consumers and producers.

Evaluate the welfare outcomes of import quotas versus tariffs.

Predict the market responses to government-imposed taxes and quotas, including shifts in supply and demand curves.

Calculate the impact of taxes and subsidies on consumer and producer surplus.

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