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Impact of a Per-Unit Tax on a Producer's Marginal Cost
A per-unit tax imposed by the government on a product directly increases a producer's costs. Specifically, if a tax of is levied for each unit and represents the quantity produced, the total cost becomes the original private cost plus the total tax amount, expressed as . Consequently, this raises the marginal cost of production by the amount of the tax, becoming . Firms will then adjust their output to a new profit-maximizing level where this higher marginal cost equals the market price.
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