Calculating Post-Tax Shareable Output and Government Revenue
In an economic scenario with a 25% direct tax on income () and a 20% tax on consumption (), the total output per worker () is divided. The portion available for firms and workers is calculated as , which simplifies to . Consequently, two-thirds of the total output can be distributed as wages and profits, while the government collects the remaining one-third as tax revenue.
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