College American Economics Worksheet

Deadweight loss (DWL) is a loss in total surplus meaning that both buyers and sellers are worse off.

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Deadweight loss occurs when mutually beneficial transactions no longer take place because the tax distorts the prices that buyers pay and sellers receive.

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Consumer surplus will [ Select ] [“decrease“, “increase“, “stay the same“] after a tax is imposed on a market because some consumers will [ Select ] [“leave“, “enter“] the market and the remaining consumers will receive [ Select ] [“less“, “more“, “stay the same“] consumer surplus because the price they pay has [ Select ] [“decreased“, “increased“, “stayed the same“] .

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Producer surplus will [ Select ] [“decrease“, “increase“, “stay the same“] after a tax is imposed on a market because some producers will [ Select ] [“leave“, “enter“, “stay in“] the market and the remaining producers will receive [ Select ] [“less“, “more“, “the same amount of“] producer surplus because the price they receive has [ Select ] [“decreased“, “increased“, “stayed the same“] .

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Which of the following is not true?

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The deadweight loss will be smaller when supply and/or demand are more [ Select ] [“elastic“, “inelastic“, “unit elastic“] because buyers and sellers are [ Select ] [“less“, “more“] responsive to a change in price so the quantity exchanged will decrease by [ Select ] [“zero“, “not much“, “a lot“] .

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The deadweight loss will be larger when supply and/or demand are more [ Select ] [“elastic“, “inelastic“, “unit elastic“, ““] because buyers and sellers are [ Select ] [“less“, “more“, “not at all“] responsive to a change in price so the quantity exchanged will decrease by [ Select ] [“zero“, “not much“, “a lot“] .

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The size of the deadweight loss will decrease as the tax increases because the distortion in prices will cause more buyers and sellers to leave the market causing a large decrease in mutually beneficial transactions.

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The tax revenue the government collects will increase a lot when a very large tax is imposed.

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Please EXPLAIN the two factors that determine how large the deadweight loss will be (due to a tax being imposed on a market). Let me know if you need help with this one – I am happy to explain it.