Discuss the government's influence on private producers in terms of regulation, subsidies, and taxes.
It has once appeared as a 10 marks question in 09 June Paper 2. In order to attain all 10 marks, you must first define tax, subsidy and regulation and give seven examples.
Tax : Charge imposed upon private producer.
- Excise duty levied upon production of de-merit goods.
- Corporation tax levied upon producers.
- Tariff imposed upon foreign producers.
Subsidy : Payments made by the government to the private producer.
- Subsidy for infant industries.
- Subsidy for SME.
- Subsidy for domestic exporters.
Regulation : Laws that private producers must follow.
- Red-tape imposed upon foreign producers.
- Pollution laws.
- Tougher worksite safety requirment.
- Stricter product quality inspection.
- Minimum amount of domestic workers employed.