Indirect taxes, subsidies, price controls and regulation — how governments correct market failure.
Governments intervene to correct market failure and influence outcomes.
Indirect taxes
A tax on a good (e.g. on cigarettes) raises costs, shifting supply left, raising price and cutting quantity — used to reduce demerit goods and internalise negative externalities.
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