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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment Microeconomic InterventionFeb/Mar 2016Paper 1 Q111 Mark

A specific tax is placed upon each bottle of perfume sold. In the diagram, SS is the supply curve before tax, SS₁ is the supply curve after tax.

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) Feb/Mar 2016 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Government Microeconomic Intervention and is worth 1 mark.

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