Return to the Market for Cigarettes from the Previous Questions

question 22

Multiple Choice

Return to the market for cigarettes from the previous questions. Suppose the government implements the tax you found in the previous question. But suppose the government is making a mistake. The true demand curve is in fact ,and this is not a result of any behavioral bias. Compute the deadweight loss of the government's tax policy.

• A)DWL = 0.
• B)DWL = 500.
• C)DWL = 1,000
• D)DWL = 2,500.

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