The amount of deadweight loss that will result from a tax is determined by the
A. a. price elasticity of demand and supply.
B. b. number of buyers of the product in the market.
C. c. number of suppliers of the product in the market.
D. d. percentage of the purchase price the tax amounts to.
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The size of the tax and the deadweight loss of a tax are
A. a. positively related.
B. b. negatively related.
C. c. independent of each other.
D. d. equal to each other.
The greater the elasticities of demand and supply the
A. a. smaller the deadweight loss from a tax.
B. b. less intrusive a tax will be on a market.
C. c. greater the deadweight loss from a tax.
D. d. more equitable the distribution of a tax between buyers and sellers.
If the size of a tax increases, tax revenue will
A. a. increase.
B. b. decrease.
C. c. remain the same.
D. d. increase, then decrease.
Pure monopoly is characterized by
A. a. many firms that produce a homogeneous product.
B. b. many firms that produce slightly different products that are close substitutes.
C. c. such a small number of firms that each must figure out how the others will respond to its own actions.
D. d. one firm, with no competitors, that produces a product with no close substitutes.