taxes - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

The “incidence” of these policies refers to whether they place a greater burden on buyers or sellers. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these government policies, often contrasted with subsidies, that charge buyers or sellers money in order to raise government revenue.

ANSWER: taxes

[10h] Taxes create a nonzero value of this quantity by shifting the demand curve to the left. This quantity plus tax revenue equals the decrease in total surplus caused by the tax.

ANSWER: deadweight loss [or DWL; prompt on W]

[10m] Deadweight loss is also created when one of these policies sets the market price [emphasize] above the equilibrium price. The minimum wage is a classic example of these policies.

ANSWER: price floors [prompt on floors; prompt on price controls]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	75%	75%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	22.86	86%	86%	57%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	15.56	89%	44%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	21.82	91%	82%	46%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	89%	56%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	78%	78%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	22.22	89%	100%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	38%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	17%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	21.67	100%	92%	25%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	11.25	88%	13%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%

Data


Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
USC A	Claremont C	0	10	10	20
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont B	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCLA B	10	0	10	20
UCSD A	UCLA E	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	UCLA F	10	0	10	20
USC B	UCLA D	10	0	0	10
Carleton A	Ottawa B	10	0	0	10
McGill E	Carleton B	10	0	0	10
McGill B	Ottawa C	10	0	10	20
Ottawa D	Ottawa A	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	10	10	30
UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Guelph A	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
McMaster B	Waterloo A	10	0	0	10
Queen's A	Toronto B	10	0	0	10
Toronto E	Waterloo C	10	0	10	20
Brock A	Toronto F	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	Toronto H	0	0	0	0
Toronto I	Toronto G	10	0	0	10
Waterloo B	McMaster C	10	10	10	30
Florida A	Florida Tech B	10	0	0	10
Florida B	Florida Tech A	10	10	10	30
South Florida A	UCF A	10	0	0	10
ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
Ohio State C	Kentucky	10	0	10	20
Louisville B	Michigan State B	10	0	0	10
Louisville C	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Michigan State D	Michigan B	10	0	10	20
Michigan State C	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
Michigan State A	Louisville D	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
WVU A	Louisville A	10	10	10	30
Ohio State D	WVU B	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech B	JMU A	10	0	10	20
William & Mary A	Liberty A	10	0	0	10
Liberty B	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech C	NCSU A	10	10	10	30
UNC A	NCSU B	10	0	10	20
VCU A	Tusculum A	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech A	UNC B	10	0	0	10
UNC D	Virginia A	10	0	10	20
Duke A	William & Mary C	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	George Mason A	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Vassar B	10	0	10	20
Maryland C	Johns Hopkins	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Princeton	10	0	10	20
Rutgers A	Lehigh B	10	0	0	10
Rutgers B	NYU C	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	Rutgers C	0	0	0	0
Rowan	Rutgers D	0	0	10	10
Stony Brook	George Mason B	10	0	10	20
Chicago B	Purdue C	10	0	10	20
Illinois Urbana	Chicago A	10	0	10	20
Illinois Champaign	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	10	20
Illinois Orange	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
WashU Grolars	Illinois Blue	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	William Woods University A	10	0	10	20
Illinois Canada	Purdue D	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Minnesota	10	10	10	30
Macalester	Michigan Tech	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	10	10	10	30
St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	Washington Chum	10	0	10	20
Washington Atlantic	Arizona State B	10	0	0	10
Washington State	Boise State	10	0	0	10
Alberta A	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Washington Chinook	Texas	0	0	0	0
British Columbia C	Washington Pink	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	10	0	0	10
Nebraska B	Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
Kansas State A	Rose State	10	0	0	10
Murray State College B	Kansas State B	10	0	0	10
Murray State College A	Nebraska A	10	0	0	10
Harding	Tulsa A	0	0	10	10
Tulsa B	Central Oklahoma A	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	Georgia A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Emory A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Montevallo	10	0	10	20
Clemson B	Sewanne	10	0	10	20
Chipola College	Tennessee Tech	10	0	0	10
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Durham A	Durham D	10	0	0	10
Durham C	Durham B	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh B	Edinburgh D	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	10	0	0	10
York	Sheffield A	10	0	0	10
Cambridge D	Cambridge B	10	0	0	10
Cardiff	LSE	10	0	0	10
Imperial B	Southampton	10	0	10	20
Imperial A	Imperial C	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Imperial D	0	0	0	0
Oxford	Birmingham	10	0	0	10
Bristol	Warwick	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	RIT A	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	Cambridge E	10	0	0	10