Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Harberger Triangle: Deadweight Loss


We had to to go back to our basic Econ 101 supply and demand graphs to better understand how taxes and subsidies can cause market inefficiencies. Here is a basic model in excel.

Excel File




There are lots of resources on the web for Harberger Triangles.

Here is one of them

NBER paper on Harberger Triangles


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