An Excise Tax Causes Because It Distorts the Relationship Between

question 25

Multiple Choice

An excise tax causes because it distorts the relationship between .

• A) productive inefficiency; costs and output
• B) voter resentment; income and ability to pay
• C) allocative inefficiency; pre- tax price and the tax price
• D) market inefficiencies; prices of similar goods
• E) allocative inefficiency; prices and marginal costs

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Definitions:

Chromosome

A chromosome is a long, continuous thread of DNA that contains numerous genes and regulatory elements, housed within the nucleus of every cell.

Testcross

Method of determining the genotype of an individual with a dominant phenotype: a cross between the individual and another individual known to be homozygous recessive.

Homozygous Dominant

An individual having two identical alleles for a trait on both homologous chromosomes, with both alleles being dominant.

Pleiotropy

A genetic phenomenon where a single gene influences multiple phenotypic traits, which can be seemingly unrelated.