Economics B A-Level
Indirect taxes
What Indirect taxes means in Economics B A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Indirect taxes
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
These are levied on producers, increasing their costs and shifting the supply curve left.
Topics that use Indirect taxes
- Supply (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Ceteris paribus
- Contraction
- Ethical production
- Extension
- Movement along a supply curve
- Profit maximisation
- Sales maximisation
- Shift of the supply curve
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