Figure 4-20 Refer to Figure 4-20. Suppose the Same S and D

question 210

Multiple Choice

Figure 4-20
Refer to Figure 4-20. Suppose the same S and D curves apply, and a tax of the same amount per unit as shown here is imposed. Now, however, the sellers of the good, rather than the buyers, are required to pay the tax to the government. Now, relative to the case depicted in the figure,

• A) the burden on buyers will be larger and the burden on sellers will be smaller.
• B) the burden on buyers will be smaller and the burden on sellers will be larger.
• C) the burden on buyers will be the same and the burden on sellers will be the same.
• D) The relative burdens in the two cases cannot be determined without further information.

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Definitions:

Society

A group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

Behaviorism

The (philosophical) thesis that there are no mental events (or that they are of no scientific importance). What we call by mentalistic names (pains, emotions, motives) are actually patterns of behavior, misnamed and mistakenly supposed to be inner, “ghostly” occurrences.

Mental

Pertaining to the mind or to mental states, processes, and faculties.

Nature

The physical world and everything in it that is not made by human beings, including plants, animals, and landscapes.