Assume the market demand for cigarettes is (a) If cigarettes are priced at $6 a pack, how

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Assume the market demand for cigarettes is

Price per pack $10 $9 $8 $7 $6 $5 $4 $3 Quantity demanded 14 16 4 12 10 (million packs per year)

(a) If cigarettes are priced at $6 a pack, how many packs will smokers buy? 

(b) If secondhand smoke creates $2 of harm per pack, what is the optimal rate of smoking? 

(c) How large a tax is needed to achieve this outcome?  

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The Macro Economy Today

ISBN: 978-1259291821

14th edition

Authors: Bradley R. Schiller, Karen Gebhardt

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