Multiple Choice – Section02: The Determinants of the Deadweight Loss 1.Supposeataxisimposedonbananas.Inwhichofthefollowingcaseswillthetaxcausetheequilibriumquantityofbananastoshrinkbythelargestamount? a.Theresponseofbuyerstoachangeinthepriceofbananasisstrong,andtheresponseofsellerstoachangeinthepriceofbananasisweak. b.Theresponseofsellerstoachangeinthepriceofbananasisstrong,andtheresponseofbuyerstoachangeinthepriceofbananasisweak. c.Theresponseofbuyersandsellerstoachangeinthepriceofbananasisstrong. d.Theresponseofbuyersandsellerstoachangeinthepriceofbananasisweak. 2.Supposeataxisimposedonbaseballbats.Inwhichofthefollowingcaseswillthetaxcausetheequilibriumquantityofbaseballbatstoshrinkbythesmallestamount? a.Theresponseofbuyerstoachangeinthepriceofbaseballbatsisstrong,andtheresponseofsellerstoachangeinthepriceofbaseballbatsisweak. b.Theresponseofsellerstoachangeinthepriceofbaseballbatsisstrong,andtheresponseofbuyerstoachangeinthepriceofbaseballbatsisweak. c.Theresponseofbuyersandsellerstoachangeinthepriceofbaseballbatsisstrong. d.Theresponseofbuyersandsellerstoachangeinthepriceofbaseballbatsisweak. 3.Thepriceelasticitiesofsupplyanddemandaffect a.boththesizeofthedeadweightlossfromataxandthetaxincidence. b.thesizeofthedeadweightlossfromataxbutnotthetaxincidence. c.thetaxincidencebutnotthesizeofthedeadweightlossfromatax. d.neitherthesizeofthedeadweightlossfromataxnorthetaxincidence. 4.Thesizeofthedeadweightlossgeneratedfromataxisaffectedbythe a.elasticitiesofbothsupplyanddemand. b.elasticityofdemandonly. c.elasticityofsupplyonly. d.totalrevenuecollectedbythegovernment. 5.Thesizeofataxandthedeadweightlossthatresultsfromthetaxare a.positivelyrelated. b.negativelyrelated. c.independentofeachother. d.equaltoeachother. 6.Buyersofaproductwillbearthelargerpartofthetaxburden,andsellerswillbearasmallerpartofthetaxburden,whenthe a.taxisplacedonthesellersoftheproduct. b.taxisplacedonthebuyersoftheproduct. c.supplyoftheproductismoreelasticthanthedemandfortheproduct. d.demandfortheproductismoreelasticthanthesupplyoftheproduct. 7.Sellersofaproductwillbearthelargerpartofthetaxburden,andbuyerswillbearasmallerpartofthetaxburden,whenthe a.taxisplacedonthesellersoftheproduct. b.taxisplacedonthebuyersoftheproduct. c.supplyoftheproductismoreelasticthanthedemandfortheproduct. d.demandfortheproductismoreelasticthanthesupplyoftheproduct. 8.Whenataxisimposedonagoodforwhichthesupplyisrelativelyelasticandthedemandisrelativelyinelastic, a.buyersofthegoodwillbearmostoftheburdenofthetax. b.sellersofthegoodwillbearmostoftheburdenofthetax. c.buyersandsellerswilleachbear50percentoftheburdenofthetax. d.bothequilibriumpriceandquantitywillincrease. 9.Whenataxisimposedonagoodforwhichthedemandisrelativelyelasticandthesupplyisrelativelyinelastic, a.buyersofthegoodwillbearmostoftheburdenofthetax. b.sellersofthegoodwillbearmostoftheburdenofthetax. c.buyersandsellerswilleachbear50percentoftheburdenofthetax. d.theeffectivepricepaidbybuyerswilldecreaseasaresultofthetax. 10.Whenataxisimposedonagoodforwhichbothdemandandsupplyareveryelastic, a.sellerseffectivelypaythemajorityofthetax. b.buyerseffectivelypaythemajorityofthetax. c.thetaxburdenisequallydividedbetweenbuyersandsellers. d.Noneoftheaboveiscorrect;furtherinformationwouldberequiredtodeterminehowtheburdenofthetaxisdistributedbetweenbuyersandsellers.