AP Microeconomics · New original free lesson
Who Bears a Per-Unit Tax?
Teach a 40-minute lesson on per-unit taxes with an original simulated bottle market.
Students graph supply and demand, show the tax wedge, calculate buyer and seller burdens, and distinguish government revenue from deadweight loss. The packet assumes prior practice with equilibrium, elasticity and surplus areas.
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- Student handout in PDF and editable DOCX.
- Teacher directions and answers
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How this lesson connects.
This newly authored lesson is an original companion on Unit 2 concepts. It is not an excerpt from either paid product below. Its data and diagrams are illustrative, not observations of a real market.