4. Calculating tax incidence Suppose that the local government of Corpus Christi decides to institute a tax on cider producers. Before the tax, 20,000 cases of cider were sold every week at a price of $10 per case. After the tax, 13,000 cases of cider are sold every week; consumers pay $12 per case, and producers receive $8 per case (after paying the tax). The amount of the tax on a case of cider is burden that falls on producers is 5 per case. per case. Of this amount, the burden thit falls on consumers is True or False: The effect of the tax on the quantity sold would have been the same as if the tax had been levied on consumers. O True O False per case, and the

4. Calculating tax incidence Suppose that the local government of Corpus Christi decides to institute a tax on cider producers. Before the tax, 20,000 cases of cider were sold every week at a price of $10 per case. After the tax, 13,000 cases of cider are sold every week; consumers pay $12 per case, and producers receive $8 per case (after paying the tax). The amount of the tax on a case of cider is burden that falls on producers is 5 per case. per case. Of this amount, the burden thit falls on consumers is True or False: The effect of the tax on the quantity sold would have been the same as if the tax had been levied on consumers. O True O False per case, and the

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