The Excess Burden of a Tax Is

question 22

Multiple Choice

The excess burden of a tax is

• A)the amount by which the price of a good increases.
• B)the loss of consumer and producer surplus that is not transferred elsewhere.
• C)The amount by which a person's after-tax income decreases as a result of the new tax.
• D)the welfare costs to firms forced to leave the market due to an inward shift of the demand curve.

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