If There Is a Tax on Both Medicine and Sugar

question 194

Multiple Choice

If there is a tax on both medicine and sugar, ceteris paribus, how will the deadweight losses in each market compare?

• A) Medicine has a larger deadweight loss.
• B) Sugar has a larger deadweight loss.
• C) The deadweight losses are equal.
• D) Neither has a deadweight loss due to the tax.

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