When a tax is levied on buyers of a good,
a. government collects too little revenue to justify the tax if the equilibrium quantity of the good decreases as a result of the tax.
b. there is an increase in the quantity of the good supplied.
c. a wedge is placed between the price buyers pay and the price sellers effectively receive.
d. the effective price to buyers decreases because the demand curve shifts leftward.
c
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Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Dynamic open market operations are carried out to offset fluctuations in the monetary base. B) Defensive open market operations are carried out to change monetary policy. C) The volume of defensive open market operations is much greater than the volume of dynamic open market operations. D) Defensive open market operations are usually carried out through outright purchases or sales.
In the Solow growth model, given the values of A, s, n, and d, the economy has an equilibrium growth rate of real GDP equal to
A) s. B) n. C) n + d. D) n - d. E) s - d.