The Loss to Society Resulting from a Tax Includes the

question 8

Multiple Choice

The loss to society resulting from a tax includes the

• A) deadweight loss.
• B) consumer surplus paid to the government in the form of tax revenue.
• C) producer surplus paid to the government in the form of tax revenue.
• D) deadweight loss plus the consumer surplus and producer surplus paid to the government as tax revenue.
• E) deadweight loss minus the tax revenue collected by the government.

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