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The many identical residents of Whoville love drinking Zlurp. Each resident has the following willingness to pay for the tasty refreshment: Quantity

Willingness to Pay

(Dollars)

First bottle 5

Second bottle 4

Third bottle 3

Fourth bottle 2

Fifth bottle 1

Further bottles 0

The cost of producing a bottle of Zlurp is $1.50, and the competitive suppliers sell it at this price. (The supply curve is horizontal.)

Each Whovillian will consumebottles and receive a consumer surplus of.

Producing Zlurp creates pollution

Each bottle has an external cost of $1.

Taking this additional cost into account, total surplus per person in the allocation you previously determined decreases to.

Cindy Lou Who, one of the residents of Whoville, decides on her own to reduce her consumption of Zlurp by 1 bottle.

Cindy's consumer surplus (ignoring the cost of pollution she experiences) is now. Her decision total surplus in Whoville by.

Mayor Grinch imposes a $1 tax on each bottle of Zlurp.

Consumption per person is nowbottles. This yields a per-person consumer surplus ofnot including the cost of pollution, a per-person external cost of, and government revenue of per person. Total surplus per person is nowas a result of this policy. (Hint: Total surplus is equal to consumer surplus minus the external cost of pollution plus government revenue.)

Based on your calculations, you support the mayor's policy because it welfare compared to before the tax.

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