Suppose that the local government of Columbus decides to institute a tax on seltzer consumers. Before the tax, 20,000 packs of seltzer were sold every week at a price of $10 per pack. After the tax, 15,000 packs of seltzer are sold every week; consumers pay $12 per pack (including the tax and producers receive $5 per pack. The amount of the tax on a pack of seltzer is S burden that falls on producers is S per pack. per pack. Of this amount, the burden that 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 producers. per pack, and the

Suppose that the local government of Columbus decides to institute a tax on seltzer consumers. Before the tax, 20,000 packs of seltzer were sold every week at a price of $10 per pack. After the tax, 15,000 packs of seltzer are sold every week; consumers pay $12 per pack (including the tax and producers receive $5 per pack. The amount of the tax on a pack of seltzer is S burden that falls on producers is S per pack. per pack. Of this amount, the burden that 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 producers. per pack, and the

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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